पञ्चाङ्ग — Srinagar, J&K · January 8, 1998 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: पौष पुत्रदा एकादशी — Pauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
Ekādaśī granting putra-prāpti.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.12 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
अध्यात्मज्ञाननित्यत्वं तत्त्वज्ञानार्थदर्शनम्।एतज्ज्ञानमिति प्रोक्तमज्ञानं यदतोन्यथा।।13.12।।
"13.12 Constant yearning for the knowledge of Self, and pondering over the lessons of the great Truth - this is Wisdom, all else ignorance." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya263.72°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra25.37°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala292.51°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
बुध Budha240.66°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati299.91°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra277.07°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani350.14°MīnaRevatī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:37 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:38 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:38 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:52 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:36 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 00 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 59 Mins 46 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:17 – 06:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:47 – 07:37
Abhijit Muhūrta12:18 – 12:58
Vijaya Muhūrta14:18 – 14:58
Godhūli Muhūrta17:26 – 17:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:38 – 18:03
Amṛta Kāla17:23 – 19:08
Niśīta Muhūrta00:18 – 00:58

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:53 – 15:08
Yamaganda07:37 – 08:52
Gulika Kāla10:07 – 11:22
Varjyam08:02 – 08:18
Dur Muhūrta 09:57 – 10:17

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:37 – 08:52 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:52 – 10:07 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg10:07 – 11:22 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:22 – 12:38 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:38 – 13:53 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:53 – 15:08 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:08 – 16:23 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:23 – 17:38 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:38 – 19:23 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:23 – 21:08 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:08 – 22:53 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:53 – 00:38 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:38 – 02:22 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:22 – 04:07 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha04:07 – 05:52 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:52 – 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 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 Year5099 · Kali-5099
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862356.27 · 5099.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450821.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8253° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)121.83° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30)
🪷 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 (23.8253°) · declination -22.29° · EoT -6.70 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:1998-01-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)