पञ्चाङ्ग — Srinagar, J&K · December 18, 2005 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 17.3 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सत्त्वानुरूपा सर्वस्य श्रद्धा भवति भारत।श्रद्धामयोऽयं पुरुषो यो यच्छ्रद्धः स एव सः।।17.3।।
"17.3 The faith of every man conforms to his nature. By nature he is full of faith. He is in fact what his faith makes him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2062 Vilambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1927 Pārthiva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1412
Malayalam Era: 1181
Nanakshahi: 536
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya242.27°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra89.34°MithunaPunarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala14.62°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
बुध Budha221.86°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati197.55°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra276.66°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani106.63°KarkaPuṣya P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:31 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:25 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:28 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:12 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:21 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 53 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 06 Mins 57 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:12 – 06:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:42 – 07:31
Abhijit Muhūrta12:08 – 12:48
Vijaya Muhūrta14:07 – 14:46
Godhūli Muhūrta17:13 – 17:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:25 – 17:49
Amṛta Kāla17:10 – 18:55
Niśīta Muhūrta00:08 – 00:48

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:10 – 17:25
Yamaganda12:28 – 13:42
Gulika Kāla14:56 – 16:10
Varjyam07:56 – 08:12
Dur Muhūrta 09:50 – 10:10

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:31 – 08:46 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:46 – 10:00 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:00 – 11:14 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:14 – 12:28 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:28 – 13:42 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:42 – 14:56 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:56 – 16:10 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:10 – 17:25 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:25 – 19:10 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:10 – 20:56 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:56 – 22:42 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:42 – 00:28 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:28 – 02:14 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:14 – 04:00 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:00 – 05:46 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:46 – 07:31 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 34.0837°
Longitude: 74.7973°
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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

🌌 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 Year5107 · Kali-5107
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865257.27 · 5106.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453722.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9363° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)209.69° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 18/30)
🪷 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 (23.9363°) · declination -23.38° · EoT 2.79 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:2005-12-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)