पञ्चाङ्ग — Vṛndāvana · January 4, 1991 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: 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 1.43 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
दोषैरेतैः कुलघ्नानां वर्णसङ्करकारकैः।

उत्साद्यन्ते जातिधर्माः कुलधर्माश्च शाश्वताः।।1.43।।
"1.43 By the destruction of our lineage and the pollution of blood, ancient class traditions and family purity alike perish." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.43's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2048 Tāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1913 Prajāpati
Bengali Saṁvat: 1398
Malayalam Era: 1167
Nanakshahi: 522
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya259.44°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra124.03°SiṃhaMaghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala34.25°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
बुध Budha239.98°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati107.84°KarkaAśleṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra274.95°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani272.12°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:11 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:38 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:54 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:52 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 27 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 33 Mins 00 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:47 – 06:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:19 – 07:11
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:09 – 14:51
Godhūli Muhūrta17:26 – 17:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:38 – 18:04
Amṛta Kāla17:23 – 19:08
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 00:45

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:06 – 12:24
Yamaganda15:01 – 16:20
Gulika Kāla08:29 – 09:48
Varjyam07:37 – 07:54
Dur Muhūrta 09:37 – 09:58

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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 Chala07:11 – 08:29 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:29 – 09:48 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:48 – 11:06 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:06 – 12:24 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:24 – 13:43 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:43 – 15:01 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:01 – 16:20 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:20 – 17:38 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:38 – 19:20 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:20 – 21:01 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:01 – 22:43 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:43 – 00:24 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:24 – 02:06 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:06 – 03:48 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:48 – 05:29 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:29 – 07:11 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5092 · Kali-5092
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1859795.27 · 5091.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2448260.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7274° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)223.07° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (23.7274°) · declination -22.79° · EoT -5.02 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:1991-01-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)