पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · December 22, 1917 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 1.5 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
धृष्टकेतुश्चेकितानः काशिराजश्च वीर्यवान्।

पुरुजित्कुन्तिभोजश्च शैब्यश्च नरपुङ्गवः।।1.5।।
"1.5 Dhrishtaketu, Chekitan, the valiant King of Benares, Purujit, Kuntibhoja, Shaibya - a master over many;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1974 Pramoda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1839 Piṅgala
Bengali Saṁvat: 1324
Malayalam Era: 1093
Nanakshahi: 448
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya246.92°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra347.22°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala151.97°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha267.42°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati41.29°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra293.27°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शनि Śani111.79°KarkaAśleṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:10 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:22 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:45 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:09 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 12 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 47 Mins 43 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:48 – 06:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:19 – 07:10
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta13:58 – 14:39
Godhūli Muhūrta17:10 – 17:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:22 – 17:48
Amṛta Kāla17:07 – 18:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:36

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:43 – 10:59
Yamaganda13:33 – 14:49
Gulika Kāla07:10 – 08:26
Varjyam07:35 – 07:52
Dur Muhūrta 09:33 – 09:53

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
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 · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:10 – 08:26 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:26 – 09:43 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:43 – 10:59 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:59 – 12:16 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:16 – 13:33 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:33 – 14:49 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:49 – 16:06 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:06 – 17:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:22 – 19:06 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:06 – 20:49 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:49 – 22:33 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:33 – 00:16 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:16 – 01:59 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:59 – 03:43 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:43 – 05:26 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:26 – 07:10 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 30.0869°
Longitude: 78.2676°
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 Navamī + Uttara Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

🌌 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 Year5019 · Kali-5019
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1833119.27 · 5018.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2421584.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.7071° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)99.67° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 9/30)
🪷 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 (22.7071°) · declination -23.44° · EoT 0.91 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:1917-12-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)