पञ्चाङ्ग — Ujjain · December 20, 1902 CE

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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 3.13 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यज्ञशिष्टाशिनः सन्तो मुच्यन्ते सर्वकिल्बिषैः।

भुञ्जते ते त्वघं पापा ये पचन्त्यात्मकारणात्।।3.13।।
"3.13 The sages who enjoy the food that remains after the sacrifice is made are freed from all sin; but the selfish who spread their feast only for themselves feed on sin only." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1959 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1824 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1309
Malayalam Era: 1078
Nanakshahi: 433
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya244.73°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra132.40°SiṃhaMaghā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala158.77°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha250.35°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati294.83°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra251.16°DhanuMūla P4
शनि Śani275.20°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:04 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:46 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:36 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:15 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 42 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 17 Mins 25 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:38 – 06:21
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:10 – 07:04
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:12 – 14:55
Godhūli Muhūrta17:34 – 17:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:46 – 18:13
Amṛta Kāla17:31 – 19:16
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:46

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:44 – 11:05
Yamaganda13:45 – 15:06
Gulika Kāla07:04 – 08:24
Varjyam07:30 – 07:48
Dur Muhūrta 09:34 – 09:55

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
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):
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 Kāla07:04 – 08:24 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:24 – 09:44 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:44 – 11:05 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:05 – 12:25 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:25 – 13:45 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:45 – 15:06 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:06 – 16:26 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:26 – 17:46 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:46 – 19:26 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:26 – 21:06 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:06 – 22:45 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:45 – 00:25 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:25 – 02:05 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:05 – 03:44 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:44 – 05:24 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:24 – 07:04 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 23.1765°
Longitude: 75.7885°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5004 · Kali-5004
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1827638.27 · 5003.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2416103.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.4975° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)244.27° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 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 (22.4975°) · declination -23.41° · EoT 1.85 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:1902-12-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)