पञ्चाङ्ग — Shimla, Himachal Pradesh · January 14, 2015 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: 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 10.35 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
बृहत्साम तथा साम्नां गायत्री छन्दसामहम्।

मासानां मार्गशीर्षोऽहमृतूनां कुसुमाकरः।।10.35।।
"10.35 Of hymns I am Brihatsama, of metres I am Garatri, among the months I am Margasheersha (December), and I am the Spring among seasons." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.35's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya269.47°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra186.56°TulāCitrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala306.95°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
बुध Budha288.18°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati115.73°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra288.79°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शनि Śani217.79°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:21 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:40 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:25 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:33 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 19 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 40 Mins 45 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:58 – 06:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:29 – 07:21
Abhijit Muhūrta12:10 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:14 – 14:55
Godhūli Muhūrta17:28 – 17:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:40 – 18:06
Amṛta Kāla17:25 – 19:10
Niśīta Muhūrta00:10 – 00:51

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:30 – 13:48
Yamaganda08:38 – 09:55
Gulika Kāla11:13 – 12:30
Varjyam07:46 – 08:03
Dur Muhūrta 09:45 – 10:06

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:21 – 08:38 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:38 – 09:55 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:55 – 11:13 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:13 – 12:30 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:30 – 13:48 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:48 – 15:05 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:05 – 16:23 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:23 – 17:40 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:40 – 19:23 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:23 – 21:05 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:05 – 22:48 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:48 – 00:30 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:30 – 02:13 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:13 – 03:55 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:55 – 05:38 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:38 – 07:21 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 31.1048°
Longitude: 77.1734°
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 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)1868571.27 · 5116.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457036.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0630° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)279.94° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 24/30)
🪷 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 (24.0630°) · declination -21.39° · EoT -9.00 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:2015-01-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)