पञ्चाङ्ग — Rāmeśvaram · February 8, 2002 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.20 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
आसुरीं योनिमापन्ना मूढा जन्मनि जन्मनि।

मामप्राप्यैव कौन्तेय ततो यान्त्यधमां गतिम्।।16.20।।
"16.20 So reborn, they spend life after life, enveloped in delusion. And they never reach Me, O Prince, but degenerate into still lower forms of life." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya295.22°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra247.04°DhanuMūla P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala350.69°MīnaRevatī P2
बुध Budha274.69°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati72.41°MithunaĀrdrā P2
शुक्र Śukra301.08°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani44.05°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2

☀️ Rāmeśvaram — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:34 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:27 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:28 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:01 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 46 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 13 Mins 14 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:00 – 05:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:35 – 06:34
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta18:09 – 18:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:21 – 18:50
Amṛta Kāla18:06 – 19:51
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:51

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:59 – 12:27
Yamaganda15:24 – 16:52
Gulika Kāla08:02 – 09:31
Varjyam07:03 – 07:22
Dur Muhūrta 09:19 – 09:42

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:34 – 08:02 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:02 – 09:31 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:31 – 10:59 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:59 – 12:27 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:27 – 13:56 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:56 – 15:24 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:24 – 16:52 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:52 – 18:21 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:21 – 19:52 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:52 – 21:24 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:24 – 22:56 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:56 – 00:27 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:27 – 01:59 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:59 – 03:31 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:31 – 05:02 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:02 – 06:34 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 9.2876°
Longitude: 79.3129°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5103 · Kali-5103
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863848.27 · 5103.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452313.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8824° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)310.25° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.8824°) · declination -15.10° · EoT -14.45 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2002-02-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)