पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · December 16, 1968 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 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 10.29 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
अनन्तश्चास्मि नागानां वरुणो यादसामहम्।

पितृ़णामर्यमा चास्मि यमः संयमतामहम्।।10.29।।
"10.29 I am the King-python among snakes, I am the Aqueous Principle among those that live in water, I am the Father of fathers, and among rulers I am Death." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.29's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2025 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1890 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1375
Malayalam Era: 1144
Nanakshahi: 499
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya240.74°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra188.65°TulāSvātī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala179.00°KanyāCitrā P2
बुध Budha246.17°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati161.24°KanyāHasta P1
शुक्र Śukra284.21°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani355.87°MīnaRevatī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:07 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:20 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:11 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:19 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 13 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 47 Mins 00 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:45 – 06:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:16 – 07:07
Abhijit Muhūrta11:53 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta13:55 – 14:36
Godhūli Muhūrta17:08 – 17:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:20 – 17:45
Amṛta Kāla17:05 – 18:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:53 – 00:34

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:23 – 09:40
Yamaganda10:57 – 12:13
Gulika Kāla13:30 – 14:46
Varjyam07:32 – 07:49
Dur Muhūrta 09:30 – 09:50

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:07 – 08:23 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:23 – 09:40 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:40 – 10:57 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:57 – 12:13 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:13 – 13:30 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:30 – 14:46 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:46 – 16:03 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:03 – 17:20 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:20 – 19:03 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:03 – 20:46 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:46 – 22:30 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:30 – 00:13 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:13 – 01:57 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:57 – 03:40 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:40 – 05:23 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:23 – 07:07 (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 Year5070 · Kali-5070
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1851741.27 · 5069.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2440206.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4194° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)310.72° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (23.4194°) · declination -23.31° · EoT 3.72 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:1968-12-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)