पञ्चाङ्ग — Bikaner, Rajasthan · August 19, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: पितृ पक्ष आरम्भ — Pitṛ-Pakṣa Start
Begin 16-day śrāddha period for ancestors. Bhādrapada Pūrṇimā next-day.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.9 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
पुण्यो गन्धः पृथिव्यां च तेजश्चास्मि विभावसौ।

जीवनं सर्वभूतेषु तपश्चास्मि तपस्विषु।।7.9।।
"7.9 I am the Fragrance of earth, the Brilliance of fire. I am the Life Force in all beings, and I am the Austerity of the ascetics." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya122.42°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra310.66°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala222.90°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha149.49°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati150.87°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra142.16°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani225.53°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:09 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:40 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:31 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:55 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 02 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 57 Mins 11 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:24 – 05:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:03 – 06:09
Abhijit Muhūrta12:14 – 13:06
Vijaya Muhūrta14:51 – 15:43
Godhūli Muhūrta18:59 – 19:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:11 – 19:44
Amṛta Kāla18:56 – 20:41
Niśīta Muhūrta00:14 – 01:06

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:02 – 12:40
Yamaganda15:56 – 17:34
Gulika Kāla07:46 – 09:24
Varjyam06:41 – 07:02
Dur Muhūrta 09:11 – 09:37

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:09 – 07:46 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:46 – 09:24 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:24 – 11:02 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:02 – 12:40 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:40 – 14:18 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:18 – 15:56 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:56 – 17:34 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:34 – 19:11 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:11 – 20:34 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:34 – 21:56 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:56 – 23:18 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:18 – 00:40 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:40 – 02:02 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:02 – 03:24 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:24 – 04:46 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:46 – 06:09 (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 Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869154.27
Julian Day2457619.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0853°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)187.00°
🪷 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 (24.0853°), declination 12.68°, EoT -3.29 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: 2016-08-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)