पञ्चाङ्ग — Bikaner, Rajasthan · August 12, 2016 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.2 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
ज्ञानं तेऽहं सविज्ञानमिदं वक्ष्याम्यशेषतः।

यज्ज्ञात्वा नेह भूयोऽन्यज्ज्ञातव्यमवशिष्यते।।7.2।।
"7.2 I will reveal to this knowledge unto thee, and how it may be realised; which, once accomplished, there remains nothing else worth having in this life." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.2'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 (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya115.69°KarkaAśleṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra219.61°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala219.62°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha142.39°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati149.48°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra133.57°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani225.50°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:05 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:18 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:41 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:21 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:53 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 12 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 47 Mins 03 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:19 – 05:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:59 – 06:05
Abhijit Muhūrta12:15 – 13:08
Vijaya Muhūrta14:54 – 15:47
Godhūli Muhūrta19:06 – 19:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:18 – 19:51
Amṛta Kāla19:03 – 20:48
Niśīta Muhūrta00:15 – 01:08

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:02 – 12:41
Yamaganda16:00 – 17:39
Gulika Kāla07:44 – 09:23
Varjyam06:38 – 06:59
Dur Muhūrta 09:10 – 09:36

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
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 · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:05 – 07:44 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:44 – 09:23 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:23 – 11:02 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:02 – 12:41 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:41 – 14:21 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:21 – 16:00 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg16:00 – 17:39 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:39 – 19:18 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:18 – 20:39 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:39 – 22:00 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala22:00 – 23:21 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:21 – 00:41 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:41 – 02:02 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:02 – 03:23 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:23 – 04:44 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:44 – 06:05 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Anurādhā alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

🌌 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 Year5118 · Kali-5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869147.27 · 5117.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457612.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0851° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)105.12° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 9/30)
🪷 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 (24.0851°) · declination 14.88° · EoT -4.74 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:2016-08-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)