पञ्चाङ्ग — Srinagar, J&K · January 18, 2002 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: 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 15.19 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
यो मामेवमसम्मूढो जानाति पुरुषोत्तमम्।स सर्वविद्भजति मां सर्वभावेन भारत।।15.19।।
"15.19 He who with unclouded vision sees Me as the Lord-God, knows all there is to be known, and always shall worship Me with his whole heart." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya273.88°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra323.43°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala335.46°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha290.57°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati74.46°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शुक्र Śukra274.72°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani44.45°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:36 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:47 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:41 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:10 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:49 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 10 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 49 Mins 03 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:14 – 06:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:45 – 07:36
Abhijit Muhūrta12:21 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:23 – 15:04
Godhūli Muhūrta17:35 – 17:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:47 – 18:12
Amṛta Kāla17:32 – 19:17
Niśīta Muhūrta00:21 – 01:02

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:25 – 12:41
Yamaganda15:14 – 16:30
Gulika Kāla08:52 – 10:08
Varjyam08:01 – 08:17
Dur Muhūrta 09:58 – 10:19

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
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 · 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):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:36 – 08:52 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:52 – 10:08 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:08 – 11:25 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:25 – 12:41 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:41 – 13:58 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:58 – 15:14 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:14 – 16:30 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:30 – 17:47 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:47 – 19:30 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:30 – 21:14 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:14 – 22:58 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:58 – 00:41 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:41 – 02:25 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:25 – 04:08 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:08 – 05:52 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:52 – 07:36 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5103 · Kali-5103
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863827.27 · 5103.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452292.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8816° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)52.92° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 5/30)
🪷 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 (23.8816°) · declination -20.61° · 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:2002-01-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)