पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · December 17, 1880 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 13.18 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
ज्योतिषामपि तज्ज्योतिस्तमसः परमुच्यते।ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं ज्ञानगम्यं हृदि सर्वस्य विष्ठितम्।।13.18।।
"13.18 It is the Light of lights, beyond the reach of darkness; the Wisdom, the only thing that is worth knowing or that wisdom can teach; the Presence in the hearts of all." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1937 Vijaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1802 Vikrama
Bengali Saṁvat: 1287
Malayalam Era: 1056
Nanakshahi: 411
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya243.35°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra67.57°MithunaĀrdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala228.79°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha224.49°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati349.05°MīnaRevatī P1
शुक्र Śukra283.49°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani0.90°MeṣaAśvinī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:07 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:20 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:29 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:32 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 12 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 47 Mins 18 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:46 – 06:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:16 – 07:07
Abhijit Muhūrta11:53 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:37
Godhūli Muhūrta17:08 – 17:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:20 – 17:46
Amṛta Kāla17:05 – 18:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:53 – 00:34

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:57 – 12:14
Yamaganda14:47 – 16:03
Gulika Kāla08:24 – 09:41
Varjyam07:33 – 07:49
Dur Muhūrta 09:30 – 09:51

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:07 – 08:24 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:24 – 09:41 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:41 – 10:57 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:57 – 12:14 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:14 – 13:30 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:30 – 14:47 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:47 – 16:03 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:03 – 17:20 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:20 – 19:03 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:03 – 20:47 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:47 – 22:30 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:30 – 00:14 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:14 – 01:57 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:57 – 03:41 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:41 – 05:24 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:24 – 07:07 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 30.0869°
Longitude: 78.2676°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year4982 · Kali-4982
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1819601.27 · 4981.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2408066.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.1901° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)185.62° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (22.1901°) · declination -23.36° · EoT 3.25 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:1880-12-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)