पञ्चाङ्ग — Ajmer, Rajasthan · August 11, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.1 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

मय्यासक्तमनाः पार्थ योगं युञ्जन्मदाश्रयः।

असंशयं समग्रं मां यथा ज्ञास्यसि तच्छृणु।।7.1।।
"7.1 "Lord Shri Krishna said: Listen, O Arjuna! And I will tell thee how thou shalt know Me in my Full perfection, practising meditation with thy mind devoted to Me, and having Me for thy refuge." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya114.73°KarkaAśleṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra207.63°TulāViśākhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala219.18°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha141.22°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati149.28°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra132.34°SiṃhaMaghā P4
शनि Śani225.51°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

Ajmer, Rajasthan — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:01 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:36 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:23 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:13 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 09 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 50 Mins 08 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:16 – 05:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:56 – 06:01
Abhijit Muhūrta12:10 – 13:03
Vijaya Muhūrta14:48 – 15:41
Godhūli Muhūrta18:59 – 19:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:11 – 19:44
Amṛta Kāla18:56 – 20:41
Niśīta Muhūrta00:10 – 01:03

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:15 – 15:54
Yamaganda06:01 – 07:40
Gulika Kāla09:19 – 10:58
Varjyam06:34 – 06:55
Dur Muhūrta 09:06 – 09:32

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:01 – 07:40 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:40 – 09:19 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:19 – 10:58 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:58 – 12:36 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:36 – 14:15 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:15 – 15:54 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:54 – 17:33 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:33 – 19:11 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:11 – 20:33 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:33 – 21:54 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:54 – 23:15 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:15 – 00:36 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:36 – 01:58 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:58 – 03:19 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:19 – 04:40 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:40 – 06:01 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 26.4499°
Longitude: 74.6399°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869146.27
Julian Day2457611.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0850°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)94.47°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0850°), declination 15.18°, EoT -4.91 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
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: 2016-08-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)