पञ्चाङ्ग — Rāmeśvaram · January 2, 2011 CE

🪷 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 8.26 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते।

एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययाऽऽवर्तते पुनः।।8.26।।
"8.26 These bright and dark paths out of the world have always existed. Whoso takes the former, returns not; he who chooses the latter, returns.*" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya257.27°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra229.22°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala265.03°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha235.87°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati332.74°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra210.35°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शनि Śani172.45°KanyāHasta P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:29 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:05 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:38 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:12 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 35 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 24 Mins 26 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:56 – 05:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:31 – 06:29
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 14:59
Godhūli Muhūrta17:53 – 18:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:05 – 18:34
Amṛta Kāla17:50 – 19:35
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:38 – 18:05
Yamaganda12:17 – 13:44
Gulika Kāla15:11 – 16:38
Varjyam06:58 – 07:17
Dur Muhūrta 09:11 – 09:35

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
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 · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:29 – 07:56 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:56 – 09:23 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:23 – 10:50 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:50 – 12:17 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:17 – 13:44 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:44 – 15:11 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:11 – 16:38 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:38 – 18:05 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:05 – 19:38 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:38 – 21:11 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:11 – 22:44 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:44 – 00:17 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:17 – 01:50 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:50 – 03:23 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:23 – 04:56 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:56 – 06:29 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5112
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867098.27
Julian Day2455563.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0067°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)332.68°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0067°), declination -22.96°, EoT -4.15 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2011-01-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)