पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · December 23, 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
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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 10.36 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
द्यूतं छलयतामस्मि तेजस्तेजस्विनामहम्।

जयोऽस्मि व्यवसायोऽस्मि सत्त्वं सत्त्ववतामहम्।।10.36।।
"10.36 I am the Gambling of the cheat and the Splendour of the splendid; I am Victory; I am Effort; and I am the Purity of the pure." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla 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)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya247.86°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra293.63°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala183.06°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha257.33°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati161.90°KanyāHasta P1
शुक्र Śukra292.38°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शनि Śani355.84°MīnaRevatī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:10 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:23 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:54 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:45 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 12 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 47 Mins 41 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:49 – 06:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:19 – 07:10
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta13:59 – 14:39
Godhūli Muhūrta17:11 – 17:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:23 – 17:48
Amṛta Kāla17:08 – 18:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:37

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:27 – 09:43
Yamaganda11:00 – 12:16
Gulika Kāla13:33 – 14:50
Varjyam07:36 – 07:52
Dur Muhūrta 09:33 – 09:54

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:10 – 08:27 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:27 – 09:43 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:43 – 11:00 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:00 – 12:16 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:16 – 13:33 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:33 – 14:50 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:50 – 16:06 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:06 – 17:23 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:23 – 19:06 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:06 – 20:50 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:50 – 22:33 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:33 – 00:16 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:16 – 02:00 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:00 – 03:43 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:43 – 05:27 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:27 – 07:10 (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)1851748.27 · 5069.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2440213.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4196° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)43.48° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (23.4196°) · declination -23.43° · EoT 0.44 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:1968-12-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)