पञ्चाङ्ग — Vṛndāvana · January 25, 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 12.12 · 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 Śukla 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)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya280.85°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra82.91°MithunaPunarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala133.41°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha295.55°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati238.36°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra316.11°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शनि Śani117.65°KarkaAśleṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:10 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:54 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:32 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:27 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:13 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 44 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 15 Mins 59 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:44 – 06:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:16 – 07:10
Abhijit Muhūrta12:10 – 12:53
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 15:02
Godhūli Muhūrta17:42 – 18:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:54 – 18:21
Amṛta Kāla17:39 – 19:24
Niśīta Muhūrta00:10 – 00:53

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:33 – 17:54
Yamaganda12:32 – 13:52
Gulika Kāla15:13 – 16:33
Varjyam07:36 – 07:54
Dur Muhūrta 09:40 – 10:01

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:10 – 08:30 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:30 – 09:51 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:51 – 11:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:11 – 12:32 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:32 – 13:52 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:52 – 15:13 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:13 – 16:33 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:33 – 17:54 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:54 – 19:33 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:33 – 21:13 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:13 – 22:52 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:52 – 00:32 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:32 – 02:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:11 – 03:51 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:51 – 05:30 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:30 – 07:10 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 27.565°
Longitude: 77.6593°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Caturdaśī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

🌌 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)1844110.27 · 5049.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2432575.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.1275° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)162.68° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 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 (23.1275°) · declination -19.26° · EoT -12.31 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:1948-01-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)