पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · January 31, 2015 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: 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 11.10 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
अनेकवक्त्रनयनमनेकाद्भुतदर्शनम्।

अनेकदिव्याभरणं दिव्यानेकोद्यतायुधम्।।11.10।।
"11.10 There were countless eyes and mouths, and mystic forms innumerable, with shining ornaments and flaming celestial weapons." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya286.76°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
चन्द्र Candra62.65°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala320.22°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha285.46°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati113.67°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra309.98°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani219.13°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:09 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:52 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:33 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:35 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 43 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 16 Mins 05 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:43 – 06:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:15 – 07:09
Abhijit Muhūrta12:09 – 12:52
Vijaya Muhūrta14:18 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta17:40 – 18:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:52 – 18:19
Amṛta Kāla17:37 – 19:22
Niśīta Muhūrta00:09 – 00:52

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:49 – 11:10
Yamaganda13:51 – 15:11
Gulika Kāla07:09 – 08:29
Varjyam07:35 – 07:53
Dur Muhūrta 09:39 – 10:00

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:09 – 08:29 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:29 – 09:49 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:49 – 11:10 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:10 – 12:30 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:30 – 13:51 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:51 – 15:11 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:11 – 16:32 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:32 – 17:52 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:52 – 19:32 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:32 – 21:11 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:11 – 22:51 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:51 – 00:30 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:30 – 02:10 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:10 – 03:49 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:49 – 05:29 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:29 – 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 Year5116 · Kali-5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868588.27 · 5116.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457053.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0637° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)134.55° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (24.0637°) · declination -17.52° · EoT -13.53 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:2015-01-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)