पञ्चाङ्ग — Ujjain · January 18, 1996 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: 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 12.12 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
श्रेयो हि ज्ञानमभ्यासाज्ज्ञानाद्ध्यानं विशिष्यते।ध्यानात्कर्मफलत्यागस्त्यागाच्छान्तिरनन्तरम्।।12.12।।
"12.12 Knowledge is superior to blind action, meditation to mere knowledge, renunciation of the fruit of action to meditation, and where there is renunciation peace will follow." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya273.41°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra237.94°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala283.76°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha275.43°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati249.63°DhanuMūla P3
शुक्र Śukra309.72°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani326.94°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3

☀️ 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)04:55 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:36 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 53 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 06 Mins 42 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 Kāla13:59 – 15:21
Yamaganda07:11 – 08:32
Gulika Kāla09:54 – 11:16
Varjyam07:38 – 07:55
Dur Muhūrta 09:43 – 10:05

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:11 – 08:32 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:32 – 09:54 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:54 – 11:16 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:16 – 12:37 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:37 – 13:59 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:59 – 15:21 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:21 – 16:42 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:42 – 18:04 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:04 – 19:42 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:42 – 21:21 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:21 – 22:59 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:59 – 00:37 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:37 – 02:16 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:16 – 03:54 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:54 – 05:32 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:32 – 07:11 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

🌌 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 Year5097 · Kali-5097
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861635.27 · 5097.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450100.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7978° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)326.65° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (23.7978°) · declination -20.71° · 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:1996-01-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)