पञ्चाङ्ग — Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh · April 20, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.5 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम्।

अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते।।12.5।।
"12.5 But they who thus fix their attention on the Absolute and Impersonal encounter greater hardships, for it is difficult for those who possess a body to realise Me as without one." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya6.09°MeṣaAśvinī P2
चन्द्र Candra113.17°KarkaAśleṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala5.45°MeṣaAśvinī P2
बुध Budha344.84°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati50.80°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra11.66°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शनि Śani194.56°TulāSvātī P3

Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:42 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:40 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:11 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:42 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:57 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 58 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 01 Mins 41 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:58 – 04:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:37 – 05:42
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta14:21 – 15:13
Godhūli Muhūrta18:28 – 18:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:40 – 19:13
Amṛta Kāla18:25 – 20:10
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:37

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:57 – 10:34
Yamaganda13:49 – 15:26
Gulika Kāla05:42 – 07:19
Varjyam06:15 – 06:35
Dur Muhūrta 08:44 – 09:10

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:42 – 07:19 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:19 – 08:57 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:57 – 10:34 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:34 – 12:11 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:11 – 13:49 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:49 – 15:26 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:26 – 17:03 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:03 – 18:40 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:40 – 20:03 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:03 – 21:26 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:26 – 22:49 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:49 – 00:11 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:11 – 01:34 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:34 – 02:57 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:57 – 04:19 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:19 – 05:42 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 28.367°
Longitude: 79.4304°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867937.27
Julian Day2456402.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0388°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)108.85°
🪷 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 (24.0388°), declination 11.52°, EoT 0.97 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: 2013-04-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)