पञ्चाङ्ग — Thane, Maharashtra · January 28, 1948 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 12.15 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
यस्मान्नोद्विजते लोको लोकान्नोद्विजते च यः।हर्षामर्षभयोद्वेगैर्मुक्तो यः स च मे प्रियः।।12.15।।
"12.15 He who does not harm the world, and whom the world cannot harm, who is not carried away by any impulse of joy, anger or fear, such a one is My beloved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2005 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1870 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1355
Malayalam Era: 1124
Nanakshahi: 479
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya283.90°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra128.85°SiṃhaMaghā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala132.70°SiṃhaMaghā P4
बुध Budha300.40°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati238.93°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra319.77°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
शनि Śani117.42°KarkaAśleṣā P4

☀️ Thane, Maharashtra — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:14 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:28 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:51 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:13 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:49 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 13 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 46 Mins 08 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:44 – 06:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:18 – 07:14
Abhijit Muhūrta12:29 – 13:14
Vijaya Muhūrta14:43 – 15:28
Godhūli Muhūrta18:16 – 18:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:28 – 18:56
Amṛta Kāla18:13 – 19:58
Niśīta Muhūrta00:29 – 01:14

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:51 – 14:15
Yamaganda08:38 – 10:03
Gulika Kāla11:27 – 12:51
Varjyam07:42 – 08:00
Dur Muhūrta 09:51 – 10:14

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:14 – 08:38 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:38 – 10:03 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:03 – 11:27 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:27 – 12:51 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:51 – 14:15 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:15 – 15:40 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:40 – 17:04 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:04 – 18:28 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:28 – 20:04 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:04 – 21:40 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:40 – 23:15 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:15 – 00:51 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:51 – 02:27 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:27 – 04:03 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:03 – 05:38 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:38 – 07:14 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 19.2183°
Longitude: 72.9781°
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 Year5049 · Kali-5049
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1844113.27 · 5049.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2432578.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.1276° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)203.02° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 17/30)
🪷 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 (23.1276°) · declination -18.51° · 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:1948-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)