पञ्चाङ्ग — Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu · January 4, 2018 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 2.44 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयापहृतचेतसाम्।

व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः समाधौ न विधीयते।।2.44।।
"2.44 While their minds are absorbed with ideas of power and personal enjoyment, they cannot concentrate their discrimination on one point." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.44's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya259.51°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra106.91°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala201.66°TulāViśākhā P1
बुध Budha236.65°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati203.10°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra258.01°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani247.49°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:30 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:06 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:53 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:22 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 35 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 24 Mins 07 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:57 – 05:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:32 – 06:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:55 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta14:14 – 15:00
Godhūli Muhūrta17:54 – 18:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:06 – 18:35
Amṛta Kāla17:51 – 19:36
Niśīta Muhūrta23:55 – 00:41

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:45 – 15:12
Yamaganda06:30 – 07:57
Gulika Kāla09:24 – 10:51
Varjyam06:59 – 07:17
Dur Muhūrta 09:12 – 09:35

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (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 · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:30 – 07:57 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:57 – 09:24 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:24 – 10:51 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:51 – 12:18 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:18 – 13:45 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:45 – 15:12 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:12 – 16:39 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:39 – 18:06 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:06 – 19:39 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:39 – 21:12 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:12 – 22:45 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:45 – 00:18 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:18 – 01:51 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:51 – 03:24 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:24 – 04:57 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:57 – 06:30 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5119 · Kali-5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869657.27 · 5118.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458122.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1046° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)205.73° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 18/30)
🪷 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 (24.1046°) · declination -22.74° · EoT -5.02 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:2018-01-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)