पञ्चाङ्ग — Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu · January 8, 2028 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: पौष पुत्रदा एकादशी — Pauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
Ekādaśī granting putra-prāpti.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.9 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु।

साधुष्वपि च पापेषु समबुद्धिर्विशिष्यते।।6.9।।
"6.9 He looks impartially on all - lover, friend or foe; indifferent or hostile; alien or relative; virtuous or sinful." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2085 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1950 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1435
Malayalam Era: 1204
Nanakshahi: 559
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya263.02°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra28.04°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala278.79°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha278.24°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati153.05°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra298.96°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani357.00°MīnaRevatī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:31 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:08 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:25 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:54 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 36 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 23 Mins 29 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:58 – 05:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:33 – 06:31
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:16 – 15:02
Godhūli Muhūrta17:56 – 18:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:08 – 18:37
Amṛta Kāla17:53 – 19:38
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:43

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:25 – 10:52
Yamaganda13:47 – 15:14
Gulika Kāla06:31 – 07:58
Varjyam07:00 – 07:19
Dur Muhūrta 09:14 – 09:37

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:31 – 07:58 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:58 – 09:25 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:25 – 10:52 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:52 – 12:19 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:19 – 13:47 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:47 – 15:14 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:14 – 16:41 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:41 – 18:08 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:08 – 19:41 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:41 – 21:14 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:14 – 22:47 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:47 – 00:19 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:19 – 01:52 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:52 – 03:25 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:25 – 04:58 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:58 – 06:31 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Ekādaśī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

🌌 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 Year5129 · Kali-5129
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873313.27 · 5129.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2461778.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.2444° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)126.80° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30)
🪷 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 (24.2444°) · declination -22.32° · EoT -6.70 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:2028-01-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)