पञ्चाङ्ग — Ujjain · January 18, 1815 CE

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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 6.33 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

योऽयं योगस्त्वया प्रोक्तः साम्येन मधुसूदन।

एतस्याहं न पश्यामि चञ्चलत्वात् स्थितिं स्थिराम्।।6.33।।
"6.33 Arjuna said: I do not see how I can attain this state of equanimity which Thou has revealed, owing to the restlessness of my mind." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.33's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1872 Sarvadhāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1737 Yuva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1222
Malayalam Era: 991
Nanakshahi: 346
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya275.88°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra358.26°MīnaRevatī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala231.21°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha270.01°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati170.76°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra283.88°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani282.99°MakaraŚravaṇa P1

☀️ Ujjain — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:11 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:04 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:37 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:51 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:22 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 53 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 06 Mins 44 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:43 – 06:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:16 – 07:11
Abhijit Muhūrta12:15 – 12:59
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:10
Godhūli Muhūrta17:52 – 18:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:04 – 18:31
Amṛta Kāla17:49 – 19:34
Niśīta Muhūrta00:15 – 00:59

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:37 – 13:59
Yamaganda08:32 – 09:54
Gulika Kāla11:16 – 12:37
Varjyam07:38 – 07:55
Dur Muhūrta 09:43 – 10:05

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
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):
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 · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:11 – 08:32 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:32 – 09:54 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:54 – 11:16 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:16 – 12:37 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:37 – 13:59 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:59 – 15:21 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:21 – 16:42 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:42 – 18:04 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:04 – 19:42 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:42 – 21:21 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:21 – 22:59 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:59 – 00:37 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:37 – 02:16 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:16 – 03:54 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:54 – 05:32 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:32 – 07:11 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 23.1765°
Longitude: 75.7885°
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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

🌌 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 Year4916 · Kali-4916
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1795526.27 · 4916.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2383991.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)21.2693° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)86.32° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (21.2693°) · declination -20.73° · 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:1815-01-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)