पञ्चाङ्ग — Rāmeśvaram · January 13, 2004 CE

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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 16.23 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
यः शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य वर्तते कामकारतः।न स सिद्धिमवाप्नोति न सुखं न परां गतिम्।।16.23।।
"16.23 But he who neglects the commands of the scriptures, and follows the promptings of passion, he does not attain perfection, happiness or the final goal." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya268.27°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra151.37°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala352.55°MīnaRevatī P2
बुध Budha244.80°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati144.92°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra303.99°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani74.74°MithunaĀrdrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:33 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:10 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:30 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:37 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 37 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 22 Mins 26 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:00 – 05:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:34 – 06:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:18 – 15:04
Godhūli Muhūrta17:58 – 18:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:10 – 18:39
Amṛta Kāla17:55 – 19:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:45

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:16 – 16:43
Yamaganda09:27 – 10:54
Gulika Kāla12:21 – 13:49
Varjyam07:02 – 07:20
Dur Muhūrta 09:15 – 09:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:33 – 08:00 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:00 – 09:27 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:27 – 10:54 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:54 – 12:21 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:21 – 13:49 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:49 – 15:16 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:16 – 16:43 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:43 – 18:10 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:10 – 19:43 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:43 – 21:16 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:16 – 22:49 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:49 – 00:21 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:21 – 01:54 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:54 – 03:27 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:27 – 05:00 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:00 – 06:33 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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)1864552.27 · 5105.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453017.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9093° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)245.20° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 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 (23.9093°) · declination -21.61° · EoT -8.64 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:2004-01-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)