पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · December 21, 2002 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 5.2 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

संन्यासः कर्मयोगश्च निःश्रेयसकरावुभौ।

तयोस्तु कर्मसंन्यासात्कर्मयोगो विशिष्यते।।5.2।।
"5.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Renunciation of action and the path of right action both lead to the highest; of the two, right action is the better." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya245.09°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra79.79°MithunaĀrdrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala198.60°TulāSvātī P4
बुध Budha264.03°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati113.66°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra200.10°TulāViśākhā P1
शनि Śani61.32°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:09 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:22 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:15 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:14 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 12 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 47 Mins 42 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:48 – 06:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:18 – 07:09
Abhijit Muhūrta11:55 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta13:58 – 14:38
Godhūli Muhūrta17:10 – 17:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:22 – 17:47
Amṛta Kāla17:07 – 18:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:55 – 00:36

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:42 – 10:59
Yamaganda13:32 – 14:49
Gulika Kāla07:09 – 08:26
Varjyam07:35 – 07:51
Dur Muhūrta 09:32 – 09:53

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:09 – 08:26 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:26 – 09:42 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:42 – 10:59 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:59 – 12:16 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:16 – 13:32 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:32 – 14:49 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:49 – 16:05 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:05 – 17:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:22 – 19:05 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:05 – 20:49 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:49 – 22:32 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:32 – 00:16 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:16 – 01:59 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:59 – 03:42 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:42 – 05:26 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:26 – 07:09 (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 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 Year5104 · Kali-5104
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864164.27 · 5103.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452629.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8945° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)194.67° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 17/30)
🪷 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 (23.8945°) · declination -23.43° · EoT 1.38 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:2002-12-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)