पञ्चाङ्ग — Shimla, Himachal Pradesh · December 31, 2011 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 18.76 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
राजन्संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य संवादमिममद्भुतम्।केशवार्जुनयोः पुण्यं हृष्यामि च मुहुर्मुहुः।।18.76।।
"18.76 O King! The more I think of that marvellous and holy discourse, the more I lose myself in joy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.76's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya254.97°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra331.64°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala145.66°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha234.27°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati6.23°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra288.47°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शनि Śani183.94°TulāCitrā P4

☀️ Shimla, Himachal Pradesh — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:20 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:29 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:33 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:30 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 09 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 50 Mins 45 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:59 – 06:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:29 – 07:20
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:06 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta17:17 – 17:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:29 – 17:55
Amṛta Kāla17:14 – 18:59
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:45

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:52 – 11:08
Yamaganda13:41 – 14:57
Gulika Kāla07:20 – 08:36
Varjyam07:45 – 08:02
Dur Muhūrta 09:42 – 10:02

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (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
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:20 – 08:36 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:36 – 09:52 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:52 – 11:08 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:08 – 12:25 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:25 – 13:41 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:41 – 14:57 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:57 – 16:13 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:13 – 17:29 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:29 – 19:13 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:13 – 20:57 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:57 – 22:41 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:41 – 00:25 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:25 – 02:08 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:08 – 03:52 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:52 – 05:36 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:36 – 07:20 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 31.1048°
Longitude: 77.1734°
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 Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867461.27 · 5112.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455926.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0206° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)76.30° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 7/30)
🪷 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 (24.0206°) · declination -23.13° · EoT -3.26 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:2011-12-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)