पञ्चाङ्ग — Bikaner, Rajasthan · July 19, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: रक्षा बन्धन — Rakṣā Bandhana / Śrāvaṇa Pūrṇimā
Sister-brother bond; Brāhmaṇa Upākarma.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.25 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
शनैः शनैरुपरमेद् बुद्ध्या धृतिगृहीतया।

आत्मसंस्थं मनः कृत्वा न किञ्चिदपि चिन्तयेत्।।6.25।।
"6.25 Little by little, by the help of his reason controlled by fortitude, let him attain peace; and, fixing his mind on the Self, let him not think of any other thing." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.25'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 Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya92.73°KarkaPunarvasu P4
चन्द्र Candra261.51°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala211.21°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
बुध Budha105.54°KarkaPuṣya P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati145.10°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra104.09°KarkaPuṣya P4
शनि Śani226.01°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:52 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:33 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:43 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:46 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:10 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 41 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 18 Mins 28 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:02 – 04:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:43 – 05:52
Abhijit Muhūrta12:15 – 13:10
Vijaya Muhūrta15:00 – 15:54
Godhūli Muhūrta19:21 – 19:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:33 – 20:08
Amṛta Kāla19:18 – 21:03
Niśīta Muhūrta00:15 – 01:10

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:08 – 17:51
Yamaganda09:17 – 11:00
Gulika Kāla12:43 – 14:25
Varjyam06:26 – 06:48
Dur Muhūrta 09:04 – 09:31

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
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 Roga05:52 – 07:35 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:35 – 09:17 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:17 – 11:00 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:00 – 12:43 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:43 – 14:25 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:25 – 16:08 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha16:08 – 17:51 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:51 – 19:33 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:33 – 20:51 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:51 – 22:08 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga22:08 – 23:25 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:25 – 00:43 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:43 – 02:00 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:00 – 03:17 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:17 – 04:35 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:35 – 05:52 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 28.0229°
Longitude: 73.3119°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Pūrva Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869123.27
Julian Day2457588.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0842°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)168.04°
🪷 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 (24.0842°), declination 20.79°, EoT -5.93 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: 2016-07-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)