पञ्चाङ्ग — Vṛndāvana · January 3, 1996 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 11.52 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

सुदुर्दर्शमिदं रूपं दृष्टवानसि यन्मम।

देवा अप्यस्य रूपस्य नित्यं दर्शनकाङ्क्षिणः।।11.52।।
"11.52 Lord Shri Krishna replied: It is hard to see this vision of Me that thou hast seen. Even the most powerful have longed for it in vain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.52's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya258.13°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra47.34°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala272.00°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha277.71°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati246.29°DhanuMūla P2
शुक्र Śukra291.38°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शनि Śani325.73°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:11 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:37 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:29 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:13 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 26 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 33 Mins 34 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:47 – 06:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:19 – 07:11
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:08 – 14:50
Godhūli Muhūrta17:25 – 17:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:37 – 18:03
Amṛta Kāla17:22 – 19:07
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 00:45

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:24 – 13:42
Yamaganda08:29 – 09:47
Gulika Kāla11:06 – 12:24
Varjyam07:37 – 07:54
Dur Muhūrta 09:37 – 09:58

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:11 – 08:29 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:29 – 09:47 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:47 – 11:06 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:06 – 12:24 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:24 – 13:42 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:42 – 15:01 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:01 – 16:19 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:19 – 17:37 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:37 – 19:19 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:19 – 21:01 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:01 – 22:42 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:42 – 00:24 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:24 – 02:06 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:06 – 03:47 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:47 – 05:29 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:29 – 07:11 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Trayodaśī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

🌌 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)1861620.27 · 5096.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450085.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7972° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)148.16° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (23.7972°) · declination -22.90° · EoT -4.59 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:1996-01-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)