पञ्चाङ्ग — Ujjain · January 29, 2004 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 17.15 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
अनुद्वेगकरं वाक्यं सत्यं प्रियहितं च यत्।स्वाध्यायाभ्यसनं चैव वाङ्मयं तप उच्यते।।17.15।।
"17.15 Speech that hurts no one, that is true, is pleasant to listen to and beneficial, and the constant study of the scriptures - this is austerity in speech." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya284.55°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra12.23°MeṣaAśvinī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala2.58°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha262.90°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati144.06°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra323.34°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani73.57°MithunaĀrdrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:08 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:12 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:40 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:04 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:57 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 03 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 56 Mins 50 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:40 – 06:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:13 – 07:08
Abhijit Muhūrta12:18 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:31 – 15:15
Godhūli Muhūrta18:00 – 18:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:12 – 18:39
Amṛta Kāla17:57 – 19:42
Niśīta Muhūrta00:18 – 01:02

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:03 – 15:26
Yamaganda07:08 – 08:31
Gulika Kāla09:54 – 11:17
Varjyam07:36 – 07:54
Dur Muhūrta 09:43 – 10:05

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:08 – 08:31 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:31 – 09:54 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:54 – 11:17 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:17 – 12:40 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:40 – 14:03 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:03 – 15:26 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:26 – 16:49 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:49 – 18:12 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:12 – 19:49 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:49 – 21:26 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:26 – 23:03 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:03 – 00:40 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:40 – 02:17 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:17 – 03:54 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:54 – 05:31 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:31 – 07:08 (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 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 Year5105 · Kali-5105
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864568.27 · 5105.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453033.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9099° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)86.47° · 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 (23.9099°) · declination -18.15° · EoT -13.17 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:2004-01-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)