Deities of the Day
Sunday, 16 December 2007 · Conjunction of Moon Consciousness & Sun Action
Sūrya Nārāyaṇa
Lord Sūrya is the visible witness of the universe, source of life, health (ārogya), spiritual effulgence, and truthful living.
ॐ सूर्याय नमः
oṁ sūryāya namaḥBhagavān Sūrya Nārāyaṇa
Sunday is ruled by the Sun, governing inner vitality, truth, leadership, vitality, and soul realization.
ॐ घृणिः सूर्याय नमः
oṁ ghṛṇiḥ sūryāya namaḥDhanu Saṅkrānti
The Sun enters Dhanu
Sunday, 16 December 2007
The Sun crosses at 1:27 PM, your local time
The Sun enters Dhanu (Sagittarius), beginning Dhanurmāsa, the month of Margazhi, especially dear to Viṣṇu, kept with early-morning worship and song (the Tiruppāvai). Ordinary auspicious ceremonies are paused for the month.
What is done, Worship before dawn through the month; the Āṇḍāḷ and Tiruppāvai verses are sung in the south.
Sunday, 16 December (today, in the ancient reckoning)
- Cosmic Time
अद्य · श्वेतवराह कल्पे · वैवस्वत मन्वन्तरे · कलियुगे प्रथम पादे
adya · śveta-varāha kalpe · vaivasvata manvantare · kali-yuge prathama pāde
- Calendrical Time
शालिवाहन शके १९२९ · सर्वजित् संवत्सरे · दक्षिणायने · हेम न्त ऋतौ
śālivāhana śake 1929 · Sarvajit saṁvatsare · Dakṣiṇāyane · Hemanta ṛtau
- Astronomical Limb (Pañcāṅga) · पञ्चाङ्ग कालः
पौष मासे · शुक्ल पक्षे · सप्तमी तिथौ · भानु वासरे · शतभिषा नक्षत्रे · वज्र योगे · गर करणे
Pauṣa māse · Śukla pakṣe · Saptamī tithau · Bhānu vāsare · Śatabhiṣā nakṣatre · Vajra yoge · Gara karaṇe
- Sacred Locality
जम्बूद्वीपे · भारतवर्षे*
jambū-dvīpe · bhārata-varṣe (India)
*The locality lines (jambū-dvīpe bhārata-varṣe): India is shown by default; spoken aloud you substitute your own region and town.
What You Just Read: The Three Frames of Time
The saṅkalpa places the moment in three nested dimensions—cosmic, calendrical, and astronomical—so the seeker knows exactly when and where they stand in eternity.
Cosmic Time (Eternal Scale)
Cosmic time doesn’t change with where you read this. Śveta-varāha is the present kalpa (~4.32 billion years). Vaivasvata is the current manvantara. Kali-yuga prathama pāda places us in the first quarter of the dark age. Identical whether recited in Bengaluru, Mumbai, London, or New York.
Calendrical Time (Solar & Seasonal Cycles)
Calendrical time tracks the present era and season: the Śaka era (from 78 CE), the 60-year Jovian saṁvatsara cycle, Uttarāyaṇa or Dakṣiṇāyana (solar transit), and the bi-monthly ṛtu (season).
Astronomical Time (The Five Limbs of Pañchāṅga)
Astronomical time is the immediate daily rhythm: māsa (lunar month), pakṣa (fortnight), tithi (lunar day), vāra (solar weekday), nakṣatra (moon constellation), yoga, and karaṇa.
Local Sunrise Reckoning & Daily Purpose
All values above are calculated for your local sunrise. The day traditionally belongs to whichever tithi prevailed at sunrise.
The saṅkalpa is the daily (nitya) opening of sacred life. Recited each morning, it re-anchors you in awareness of eternity and dedicates your actions with resolve.
Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas
4:30 PM – 5:56 PM
12:14 PM – 1:40 PM
11:50 AM – 12:38 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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