पञ्चाङ्ग — Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu · January 20, 1951 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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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.8 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्।

धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय संभवामि युगे युगे।।4.8।।
"4.8 To protect the righteous, to destroy the wicked and to establish the kingdom of God, I am reborn from age to age." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2008 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1873 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1358
Malayalam Era: 1127
Nanakshahi: 482
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya276.00°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra60.77°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala305.53°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha252.54°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati316.20°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra292.79°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शनि Śani159.44°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4

☀️ Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:34 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:13 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:44 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:22 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 39 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 20 Mins 34 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:01 – 05:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:36 – 06:34
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:47
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta18:01 – 18:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:13 – 18:43
Amṛta Kāla17:58 – 19:43
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:47

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:29 – 10:56
Yamaganda13:51 – 15:19
Gulika Kāla06:34 – 08:01
Varjyam07:03 – 07:22
Dur Muhūrta 09:17 – 09:41

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:34 – 08:01 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:01 – 09:29 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:29 – 10:56 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:56 – 12:24 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:24 – 13:51 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:51 – 15:19 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:19 – 16:46 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:46 – 18:13 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:13 – 19:46 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:46 – 21:19 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:19 – 22:51 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:51 – 00:24 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:24 – 01:56 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:56 – 03:29 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:29 – 05:01 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:01 – 06:34 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 9.2885°
Longitude: 79.3127°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5052 · Kali-5052
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1845201.27 · 5052.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2433666.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.1692° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)143.25° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (23.1692°) · declination -20.32° · EoT -10.96 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:1951-01-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)