पञ्चाङ्ग — Rāmeśvaram · January 16, 2006 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 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 18.4 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
निश्चयं श्रृणु मे तत्र त्यागे भरतसत्तम।त्यागो हि पुरुषव्याघ्र त्रिविधः संप्रकीर्तितः।।18.4।।
"18.4 O best of Indians! Listen to my judgment as regards this problem. It has a threefold aspect." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2063 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1928 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1413
Malayalam Era: 1182
Nanakshahi: 537
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya271.82°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra109.81°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala21.64°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
बुध Budha264.91°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati202.19°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra268.26°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani104.74°KarkaPuṣya P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:33 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:12 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:21 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:48 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 38 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 21 Mins 32 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:00 – 05:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:35 – 06:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:59 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta18:00 – 18:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:12 – 18:41
Amṛta Kāla17:57 – 19:42
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:46

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:01 – 09:28
Yamaganda10:55 – 12:22
Gulika Kāla13:50 – 15:17
Varjyam07:02 – 07:21
Dur Muhūrta 09:16 – 09:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:33 – 08:01 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:01 – 09:28 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:28 – 10:55 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:55 – 12:22 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:22 – 13:50 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:50 – 15:17 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:17 – 16:44 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:44 – 18:12 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:12 – 19:44 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:44 – 21:17 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:17 – 22:50 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:50 – 00:22 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:22 – 01:55 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:55 – 03:28 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:28 – 05:01 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:01 – 06:33 (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 Year5107 · Kali-5107
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865286.27 · 5107.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453751.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9374° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)200.39° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 17/30)
🪷 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 (23.9374°) · declination -20.99° · EoT -9.69 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:2006-01-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)