पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · December 15, 3138 BCE

🕉️ 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 12.2 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाचमय्यावेश्य मनो ये मां नित्ययुक्ता उपासते।श्रद्धया परयोपेतास्ते मे युक्ततमा मताः।।12.2।।
"12.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Those who keep their minds fixed on Me, who worship Me always with unwavering faith and concentration; these are the very best." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -3080
Śaka Saṁvat: -3215
Bengali Saṁvat: -3730
Malayalam Era: -3961
Nanakshahi: -4606
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya297.81°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra259.33°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala105.93°KarkaPuṣya P4
बुध Budha303.77°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati4.47°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra296.15°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani284.41°MakaraŚravaṇa P2

☀️ Ṛṣikeśa — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:02 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:23 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:04 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:13 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 20 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 39 Mins 25 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:40 – 06:21
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:11 – 07:02
Abhijit Muhūrta11:52 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:38
Godhūli Muhūrta17:11 – 17:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:23 – 17:49
Amṛta Kāla17:08 – 18:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:52 – 00:33

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:20 – 09:38
Yamaganda10:55 – 12:13
Gulika Kāla13:30 – 14:48
Varjyam07:28 – 07:45
Dur Muhūrta 09:27 – 09:48

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:02 – 08:20 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:20 – 09:38 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:38 – 10:55 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:55 – 12:13 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:13 – 13:30 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:30 – 14:48 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:48 – 16:05 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:05 – 17:23 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:23 – 19:05 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:05 – 20:48 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:48 – 22:30 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:30 – 00:13 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:13 – 01:55 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:55 – 03:38 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:38 – 05:20 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:20 – 07:02 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 30.0869°
Longitude: 78.2676°
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 Year-35 · 35 years before Kali
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)-12848.73 · -35.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day575616.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)-47.8942° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)321.52° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 27/30)
🪷 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 (-47.8942°) · declination -21.93° · EoT 4.18 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:-3137-12-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)