पञ्चाङ्ग — Srinagar, J&K · January 2, 1997 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 3.11 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
देवान्भावयतानेन ते देवा भावयन्तु वः।

परस्परं भावयन्तः श्रेयः परमवाप्स्यथ।।3.11।।
"3.11 Worship the Powers of Nature thereby, and let them nourish you in return; thus supporting each other, you shall attain your highest welfare." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2054 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1919 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1404
Malayalam Era: 1173
Nanakshahi: 528
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya257.87°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra167.51°KanyāHasta P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala155.74°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha257.92°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati271.66°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra235.99°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani337.57°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

☀️ Srinagar, J&K — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:37 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:33 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:35 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:43 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:24 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 56 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 03 Mins 56 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:17 – 06:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:47 – 07:37
Abhijit Muhūrta12:15 – 12:55
Vijaya Muhūrta14:14 – 14:54
Godhūli Muhūrta17:21 – 17:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:33 – 17:58
Amṛta Kāla17:18 – 19:03
Niśīta Muhūrta00:15 – 00:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:49 – 15:04
Yamaganda07:37 – 08:51
Gulika Kāla10:06 – 11:20
Varjyam08:02 – 08:18
Dur Muhūrta 09:56 – 10:16

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:37 – 08:51 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:51 – 10:06 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg10:06 – 11:20 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:20 – 12:35 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:35 – 13:49 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:49 – 15:04 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:04 – 16:18 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:18 – 17:33 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:33 – 19:18 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:18 – 21:04 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:04 – 22:49 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:49 – 00:35 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:35 – 02:20 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:20 – 04:06 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha04:06 – 05:51 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:51 – 07:37 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 34.0837°
Longitude: 74.7973°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Hasta alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861985.27 · 5097.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450450.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8111° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)272.82° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30)
🪷 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 (23.8111°) · declination -22.92° · EoT -4.15 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:1997-01-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)