पञ्चाङ्ग · January 15, 1996 CE

🪷 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 12.9 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
अथ चित्तं समाधातुं न शक्नोषि मयि स्थिरम्।अभ्यासयोगेन ततो मामिच्छाप्तुं धनञ्जय।।12.9।।
"12.9 But if thou canst not fix thy mind firmly on Me, then, My beloved friend, try to do so by constant practice." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya270.36°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra194.95°TulāSvātī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala281.40°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
बुध Budha278.91°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati248.97°DhanuMūla P3
शुक्र Śukra306.07°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani326.68°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5097
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861632.27
Julian Day2450097.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.7976°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)288.09°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 1996-01-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)
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