पञ्चाङ्ग — Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu · January 14, 2021 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 13.7 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
इच्छा द्वेषः सुखं दुःखं सङ्घातश्चेतनाधृतिः।एतत्क्षेत्रं समासेन सविकारमुदाहृतम्।।13.7।।
"13.7 Desire, aversion, pleasure, pain, sympathy, vitality and the persistent clinging to life, these are in brief the constituents of changing Matter." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya269.94°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra280.52°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala8.95°MeṣaAśvinī P3
बुध Budha284.61°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati281.66°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शुक्र Śukra252.34°DhanuMūla P4
शनि Śani279.00°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:33 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:15 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:54 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 38 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 21 Mins 59 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:00 – 05:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:35 – 06:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:18 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta17:59 – 18:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:11 – 18:40
Amṛta Kāla17:56 – 19:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:45

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:49 – 15:16
Yamaganda06:33 – 08:00
Gulika Kāla09:27 – 10:54
Varjyam07:02 – 07:20
Dur Muhūrta 09:16 – 09:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:33 – 08:00 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:00 – 09:27 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:27 – 10:54 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:54 – 12:22 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:22 – 13:49 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:49 – 15:16 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:16 – 16:44 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:44 – 18:11 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:11 – 19:44 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:44 – 21:16 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:16 – 22:49 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:49 – 00:22 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:22 – 01:54 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:54 – 03:27 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:27 – 05:00 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:00 – 06:33 (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 Year5122 · Kali-5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870763.27 · 5122.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2459228.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1469° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)12.34° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (24.1469°) · declination -21.29° · EoT -9.00 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:2021-01-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)