पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · January 17, 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 4.42 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
तस्मादज्ञानसंभूतं हृत्स्थं ज्ञानासिनाऽऽत्मनः।

छित्त्वैनं संशयं योगमातिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ भारत।।4.42।।
"4.42 Therefore, cleaving asunder with the sword of wisdom the doubts of the heart, which thine own ignorance has engendered, follow the Path of Wisdom and arise!"" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.42'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 Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya273.13°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra189.39°TulāSvātī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala200.30°TulāViśākhā P1
बुध Budha286.91°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati37.41°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
शुक्र Śukra320.20°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani30.16°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:13 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:40 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:27 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:19 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:25 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 26 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 33 Mins 03 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:50 – 06:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:21 – 07:13
Abhijit Muhūrta12:06 – 12:48
Vijaya Muhūrta14:11 – 14:53
Godhūli Muhūrta17:28 – 17:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:40 – 18:07
Amṛta Kāla17:25 – 19:10
Niśīta Muhūrta00:06 – 00:48

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:27 – 13:45
Yamaganda08:32 – 09:50
Gulika Kāla11:09 – 12:27
Varjyam07:40 – 07:56
Dur Muhūrta 09:40 – 10:01

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:13 – 08:32 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:32 – 09:50 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:50 – 11:09 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:09 – 12:27 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:27 – 13:45 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:45 – 15:04 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:04 – 16:22 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:22 – 17:40 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:40 – 19:22 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:22 – 21:04 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:04 – 22:45 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:45 – 00:27 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:27 – 02:09 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:09 – 03:50 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:50 – 05:32 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:32 – 07:13 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Citrā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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)1863461.27 · 5102.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451926.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8676° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)272.87° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30)
🪷 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 (23.8676°) · declination -20.76° · EoT -10.03 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:2001-01-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)