पञ्चाङ्ग — Amarnāth · August 25, 1996 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: पार्श्व एकादशी — Pārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
Viṣṇu turns from one side to another in yoga-nidrā (mid-Cāturmāsya).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.78 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यत्र योगेश्वरः कृष्णो यत्र पार्थो धनुर्धरः।

तत्र श्रीर्विजयो भूतिर्ध्रुवा नीतिर्मतिर्मम।।18.78।
"18.78 Wherever is the Lord Shri Krishna, the Prince of Wisdom, and wherever is Arjuna, the Great Archer, I am more than convinced that good fortune, victory, happiness and righteousness will follow"" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.78's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya128.32°SiṃhaMaghā P3
चन्द्र Candra256.21°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala86.21°MithunaPunarvasu P2
बुध Budha155.46°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati254.22°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra82.59°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शनि Śani342.44°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:56 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:03 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:05 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:57 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 07 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 52 Mins 34 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:11 – 05:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:50 – 05:56
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 12:56
Vijaya Muhūrta14:41 – 15:33
Godhūli Muhūrta18:51 – 19:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:03 – 19:36
Amṛta Kāla18:48 – 20:33
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 00:56

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:25 – 19:03
Yamaganda12:30 – 14:08
Gulika Kāla15:47 – 17:25
Varjyam06:29 – 06:50
Dur Muhūrta 09:00 – 09:26

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:56 – 07:34 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:34 – 09:13 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:13 – 10:51 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:51 – 12:30 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:30 – 14:08 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:08 – 15:47 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:47 – 17:25 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:25 – 19:03 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:03 – 20:25 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:25 – 21:47 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:47 – 23:08 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:08 – 00:30 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:30 – 01:51 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:51 – 03:13 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:13 – 04:34 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:34 – 05:56 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 34.2167°
Longitude: 75.5°
Timezone: UTC+5.5
Elevation: 3888 m

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861855.27 · 5097.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450320.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8062° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)130.73° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30)
🪷 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 (23.8062°) · declination 10.72° · EoT -1.71 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:1996-08-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)