पञ्चाङ्ग — Vṛndāvana · January 23, 2004 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 17.9 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
कट्वम्ललवणात्युष्णतीक्ष्णरूक्षविदाहिनः।आहारा राजसस्येष्टा दुःखशोकामयप्रदाः।।17.9।।
"17.9 Those in whom Passion is dominant like foods that are bitter, sour, salty, over-hot, pungent, dry and burning. These produce unhappiness, repentance and disease." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.9'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 Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya278.45°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra293.93°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala358.80°MīnaRevatī P4
बुध Budha255.06°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati144.47°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra316.12°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शनि Śani73.98°MithunaĀrdrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:10 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:52 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:31 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:04 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:03 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 42 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 17 Mins 44 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:44 – 06:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:17 – 07:10
Abhijit Muhūrta12:10 – 12:53
Vijaya Muhūrta14:18 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta17:40 – 18:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:52 – 18:19
Amṛta Kāla17:37 – 19:22
Niśīta Muhūrta00:10 – 00:53

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:11 – 12:31
Yamaganda15:12 – 16:32
Gulika Kāla08:30 – 09:51
Varjyam07:37 – 07:54
Dur Muhūrta 09:40 – 10:01

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:10 – 08:30 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:30 – 09:51 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:51 – 11:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:11 – 12:31 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:31 – 13:51 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:51 – 15:12 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:12 – 16:32 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:32 – 17:52 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:52 – 19:32 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:32 – 21:12 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:12 – 22:51 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:51 – 00:31 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:31 – 02:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:11 – 03:51 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:51 – 05:30 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:30 – 07:10 (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 Year5105 · Kali-5105
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864562.27 · 5105.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453027.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9097° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)16.45° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (23.9097°) · declination -19.63° · EoT -11.81 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:2004-01-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)