पञ्चाङ्ग — Srinagar, J&K · January 28, 2009 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 8.23 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
यत्र काले त्वनावृत्तिमावृत्तिं चैव योगिनः।

प्रयाता यान्ति तं कालं वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभ।।8.23।।
"8.23 *Now I will tell thee, O Arjuna, of the times at which, if the mystics go forth, they do not return, and at which they go forth only to return." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya284.26°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra303.30°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala270.03°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha268.80°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati281.76°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शुक्र Śukra330.59°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani146.92°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:31 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:57 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:44 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:31 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:29 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 25 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 34 Mins 11 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:07 – 06:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:39 – 07:31
Abhijit Muhūrta12:23 – 13:05
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:10
Godhūli Muhūrta17:45 – 18:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:57 – 18:23
Amṛta Kāla17:42 – 19:27
Niśīta Muhūrta00:23 – 01:05

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:44 – 14:02
Yamaganda08:49 – 10:07
Gulika Kāla11:26 – 12:44
Varjyam07:57 – 08:14
Dur Muhūrta 09:57 – 10:18

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
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 · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:31 – 08:49 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:49 – 10:07 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:07 – 11:26 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:26 – 12:44 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:44 – 14:02 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:02 – 15:20 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:20 – 16:38 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:38 – 17:57 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:57 – 19:38 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:38 – 21:20 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:20 – 23:02 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:02 – 00:44 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:44 – 02:26 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:26 – 04:07 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:07 – 05:49 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:49 – 07:31 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5110 · Kali-5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866394.27 · 5110.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454859.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9798° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)20.42° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (23.9798°) · declination -18.20° · EoT -12.97 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:2009-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)