पञ्चाङ्ग — Bikaner, Rajasthan · April 29, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: अक्षय तृतीया — Akṣaya Tṛtīyā
"Inexhaustible third"; auspicious for any new venture.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.18 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्त्वस्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसाः।जघन्यगुणवृत्तिस्था अधो गच्छन्ति तामसाः।।14.18।।
"14.18 When Purity is in the ascendant, the man evolves; when Passion, he neither evolves nor degenerates; when Ignorance, he is lost." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya14.83°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
चन्द्र Candra50.64°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala40.91°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
बुध Budha0.88°MeṣaAśvinī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati171.15°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra335.88°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani243.11°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:59 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:10 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:34 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:03 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:51 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 11 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 48 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:13 – 05:06
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:53 – 05:59
Abhijit Muhūrta12:08 – 13:00
Vijaya Muhūrta14:46 – 15:39
Godhūli Muhūrta18:58 – 19:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:10 – 19:43
Amṛta Kāla18:55 – 20:40
Niśīta Muhūrta00:08 – 01:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:16 – 10:55
Yamaganda14:13 – 15:52
Gulika Kāla05:59 – 07:37
Varjyam06:32 – 06:53
Dur Muhūrta 09:03 – 09:30

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:59 – 07:37 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:37 – 09:16 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:16 – 10:55 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:55 – 12:34 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:34 – 14:13 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:13 – 15:52 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:52 – 17:31 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:31 – 19:10 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:10 – 20:31 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:31 – 21:52 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:52 – 23:13 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:13 – 00:34 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:34 – 01:55 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:55 – 03:16 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:16 – 04:37 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:37 – 05:59 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 28.0229°
Longitude: 73.3119°
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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Tṛtīyā + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869407.27
Julian Day2457872.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0950°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)33.06°
🪷 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 (24.0950°), declination 14.47°, EoT 2.64 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: 2017-04-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)