पञ्चाङ्ग — Vṛndāvana · February 8, 1966 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 2.13 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा।

तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति।।2.13।।
"2.13 As the soul experiences in this body infancy, youth and old age, so finally it passes into another. The wise have no delusion about this." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2023 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1888 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1373
Malayalam Era: 1142
Nanakshahi: 497
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya295.45°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra149.33°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala314.02°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
बुध Budha297.38°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati58.55°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
शुक्र Śukra276.41°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani323.44°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:02 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:05 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:34 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:41 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:58 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 02 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 57 Mins 16 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:34 – 06:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:07 – 07:02
Abhijit Muhūrta12:12 – 12:56
Vijaya Muhūrta14:24 – 15:08
Godhūli Muhūrta17:53 – 18:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:05 – 18:33
Amṛta Kāla17:50 – 19:35
Niśīta Muhūrta00:12 – 00:56

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:19 – 16:42
Yamaganda09:48 – 11:11
Gulika Kāla12:34 – 13:57
Varjyam07:30 – 07:48
Dur Muhūrta 09:37 – 09:59

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:02 – 08:25 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:25 – 09:48 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:48 – 11:11 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:11 – 12:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:34 – 13:57 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:57 – 15:19 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:19 – 16:42 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:42 – 18:05 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:05 – 19:42 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:42 – 21:19 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:19 – 22:57 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:57 – 00:34 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:34 – 02:11 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:11 – 03:48 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:48 – 05:25 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:25 – 07:02 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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 Year5067 · Kali-5067
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1850699.27 · 5067.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2439164.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.3795° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)211.41° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 18/30)
🪷 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 (23.3795°) · declination -15.18° · EoT -14.45 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:1966-02-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)