पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · December 24, 2008 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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Also observed today
- धनु सङ्क्रान्ति · Dhanu SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.18 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
उदाराः सर्व एवैते ज्ञानी त्वात्मैव मे मतम्।
आस्थितः स हि युक्तात्मा मामेवानुत्तमां गतिम्।।7.18।।
आस्थितः स हि युक्तात्मा मामेवानुत्तमां गतिम्।।7.18।।
"7.18 Noble-minded are they all, but the wise man I hold as my own Self; for he, remaining always at peace with Me, makes me his final goal." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Viśākhā Pada 3 |
| योग (Yoga) | Dhṛti |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Taitila |
| वार (Vāra) | Budhavāra (Wednesday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 248.62° | Dhanu | Mūla P3 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 210.97° | Vṛścika | Viśākhā P4 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 243.45° | Dhanu | Mūla P2 |
| बुध Budha | 264.05° | Dhanu | Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 273.63° | Makara | Uttara Āṣāḍhā P3 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 294.29° | Makara | Dhaniṣṭhā P1 |
| शनि Śani | 147.52° | Siṃha | Uttara Phalgunī P1 |
☀️ Ṛṣikeśa — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 07:11 IST |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 17:23 IST |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 12:17 IST |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 04:29 IST |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 15:03 IST |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 10 Hours 12 Mins 26 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 13 Hours 47 Mins 34 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 05:49 – 06:30 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 06:20 – 07:11 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:57 – 12:37 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 13:59 – 14:40 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 17:11 – 17:35 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 17:23 – 17:49 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 17:08 – 18:53 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:57 – 00:37 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 12:17 – 13:34 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 08:27 – 09:44 |
| Gulika Kāla | 11:00 – 12:17 |
| Varjyam | 07:36 – 07:53 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 09:34 – 09:54 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Labha | 07:11 – 08:27 (auspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Amṛta | 08:27 – 09:44 (auspicious) |
| Day-3 Kāla | 09:44 – 11:00 (inauspicious) |
| Day-4 Śubha | 11:00 – 12:17 (auspicious) |
| Day-5 Roga | 12:17 – 13:34 (inauspicious) |
| Day-6 Udveg | 13:34 – 14:50 (inauspicious) |
| Day-7 Chala | 14:50 – 16:07 (neutral) |
| Day-8 Labha | 16:07 – 17:23 (auspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Udveg | 17:23 – 19:07 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Chala | 19:07 – 20:50 (neutral) |
| Night-3 Labha | 20:50 – 22:34 (auspicious) |
| Night-4 Amṛta | 22:34 – 00:17 (auspicious) |
| Night-5 Kāla | 00:17 – 02:00 (inauspicious) |
| Night-6 Śubha | 02:00 – 03:44 (auspicious) |
| Night-7 Roga | 03:44 – 05:27 (inauspicious) |
| Night-8 Udveg | 05:27 – 07:11 (inauspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 30.0869°
Longitude: 78.2676°
Timezone: UTC+5.5
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)
🌌 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 Year | 5110 · Kali-5110 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1866359.27 · 5109.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2454824.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 23.9784° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 320.58° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 27/30) |
🪷 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 (23.9784°) · declination -23.41° · EoT -0.03 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:2008-12-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)