पञ्चाङ्ग — Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu · February 5, 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: 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 3.4 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
न कर्मणामनारम्भान्नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोऽश्नुते।

न च संन्यसनादेव सिद्धिं समधिगच्छति।।3.4।।
"3.4 No man can attain freedom from activity by refraining from action; nor can he reach perfection by merely refusing to act." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya292.07°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra171.35°KanyāHasta P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala221.42°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha282.95°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati207.33°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra298.23°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani250.99°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:34 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:20 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:27 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:26 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:22 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 45 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 14 Mins 27 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:00 – 05:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:35 – 06:34
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta18:08 – 18:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:20 – 18:49
Amṛta Kāla18:05 – 19:50
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 00:50

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:02 – 09:31
Yamaganda10:59 – 12:27
Gulika Kāla13:55 – 15:23
Varjyam07:04 – 07:22
Dur Muhūrta 09:19 – 09:42

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:34 – 08:02 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:02 – 09:31 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:31 – 10:59 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:59 – 12:27 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:27 – 13:55 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:55 – 15:23 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:23 – 16:52 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:52 – 18:20 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:20 – 19:52 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:52 – 21:23 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:23 – 22:55 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:55 – 00:27 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:27 – 01:59 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:59 – 03:31 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:31 – 05:02 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:02 – 06:34 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 9.2885°
Longitude: 79.3127°
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 Year5119 · Kali-5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869689.27 · 5119.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458154.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1058° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)237.62° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (24.1058°) · declination -15.99° · EoT -14.20 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:2018-02-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)