पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · January 14, 2001 CE

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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 4.39 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्रद्धावाँल्लभते ज्ञानं तत्परः संयतेन्द्रियः।

ज्ञानं लब्ध्वा परां शान्तिमचिरेणाधिगच्छति।।4.39।।
"4.39 He who is full of faith attains wisdom, and he too who can control his senses, having attained that wisdom, he shall ere long attain Supreme Peace." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.39's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2058 Jaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1923 Vṛṣa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1408
Malayalam Era: 1177
Nanakshahi: 532
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya270.07°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra148.50°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala198.59°TulāSvātī P4
बुध Budha281.97°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati37.51°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
शुक्र Śukra317.11°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
शनि Śani30.21°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:14 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:38 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:10 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:29 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 23 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 36 Mins 04 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:51 – 06:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:22 – 07:14
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 12:47
Vijaya Muhūrta14:10 – 14:52
Godhūli Muhūrta17:26 – 17:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:38 – 18:04
Amṛta Kāla17:23 – 19:08
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 00:47

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:20 – 17:38
Yamaganda12:26 – 13:44
Gulika Kāla15:02 – 16:20
Varjyam07:40 – 07:57
Dur Muhūrta 09:40 – 10:00

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:14 – 08:32 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:32 – 09:50 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:50 – 11:08 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:08 – 12:26 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:26 – 13:44 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:44 – 15:02 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:02 – 16:20 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:20 – 17:38 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:38 – 19:20 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:20 – 21:02 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:02 – 22:44 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:44 – 00:26 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:26 – 02:08 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:08 – 03:50 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:50 – 05:32 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:32 – 07:14 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 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 Year5102 · Kali-5102
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863458.27 · 5102.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451923.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8675° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)235.15° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (23.8675°) · declination -21.32° · EoT -9.00 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:2001-01-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)