पञ्चाङ्ग — Rāmeśvaram · December 29, 2003 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: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.8 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
असत्यमप्रतिष्ठं ते जगदाहुरनीश्वरम्।अपरस्परसम्भूतं किमन्यत्कामहैतुकम्।।16.8।।
"16.8 They say the universe is an accident with no purpose and no God. Life is created by sexual union, a product of lust and nothing else." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2060 Durmukhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1925 Subhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1410
Malayalam Era: 1179
Nanakshahi: 534
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya252.98°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra327.04°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala343.37°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha248.15°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati144.98°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra285.62°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani75.97°MithunaĀrdrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:28 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:03 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:11 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:11 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 35 Mins 07 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 24 Mins 53 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:55 – 05:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:30 – 06:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:52 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta14:11 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta17:51 – 18:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:03 – 18:32
Amṛta Kāla17:48 – 19:33
Niśīta Muhūrta23:52 – 00:38

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:54 – 09:21
Yamaganda10:48 – 12:15
Gulika Kāla13:42 – 15:09
Varjyam06:56 – 07:15
Dur Muhūrta 09:10 – 09:33

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:28 – 07:54 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:54 – 09:21 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:21 – 10:48 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:48 – 12:15 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:15 – 13:42 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:42 – 15:09 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:09 – 16:36 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:36 – 18:03 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:03 – 19:36 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:36 – 21:09 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:09 – 22:42 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:42 – 00:15 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:15 – 01:48 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:48 – 03:21 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:21 – 04:54 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:54 – 06:28 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5105 · Kali-5105
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864537.27 · 5104.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453002.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9088° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)71.79° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 6/30)
🪷 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 (23.9088°) · declination -23.26° · EoT -2.35 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:2003-12-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)