पञ्चाङ्ग — Solapur, Maharashtra · January 18, 1981 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: 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 17.16 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
मनःप्रसादः सौम्यत्वं मौनमात्मविनिग्रहः।भावसंशुद्धिरित्येतत्तपो मानसमुच्यते।।17.16।।
"17.16 Serenity, kindness, silence, self-control and purity - this is austerity of mind." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2038 Bhāva
Śaka Saṁvat: 1903 Durmati
Bengali Saṁvat: 1388
Malayalam Era: 1157
Nanakshahi: 512
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya274.28°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra65.16°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala290.98°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
बुध Budha285.79°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati166.78°KanyāHasta P3
शुक्र Śukra255.14°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani165.96°KanyāHasta P2

☀️ Solapur, Maharashtra — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:00 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:13 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:37 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:06 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:15 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 12 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 47 Mins 26 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:31 – 06:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:04 – 07:00
Abhijit Muhūrta12:14 – 12:59
Vijaya Muhūrta14:29 – 15:14
Godhūli Muhūrta18:01 – 18:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:13 – 18:41
Amṛta Kāla17:58 – 19:43
Niśīta Muhūrta00:14 – 00:59

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:49 – 18:13
Yamaganda12:37 – 14:01
Gulika Kāla15:25 – 16:49
Varjyam07:28 – 07:46
Dur Muhūrta 09:37 – 10:00

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
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 Udveg07:00 – 08:25 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:25 – 09:49 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:49 – 11:13 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:13 – 12:37 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:37 – 14:01 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:01 – 15:25 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:25 – 16:49 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:49 – 18:13 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:13 – 19:49 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:49 – 21:25 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:25 – 23:01 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:01 – 00:37 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:37 – 02:13 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:13 – 03:49 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:49 – 05:25 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:25 – 07:00 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 17.6599°
Longitude: 75.9064°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 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 Year5082 · Kali-5082
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1856157.27 · 5082.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2444622.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5883° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)152.38° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (23.5883°) · declination -20.59° · EoT -10.35 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:1981-01-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)