पञ्चाङ्ग — Bikaner, Rajasthan · May 2, 2017 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 14.21 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाचकैर्लिंगैस्त्रीन्गुणानेतानतीतो भवति प्रभो।किमाचारः कथं चैतांस्त्रीन्गुणानतिवर्तते।।14.21।।
"14.21 Arjuna asked: My Lord! By what signs can he who has transcended the Qualities be recognized? How does he act? How does he live beyond them?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.21'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 Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya17.75°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
चन्द्र Candra94.06°KarkaPuṣya P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala42.97°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
बुध Budha0.09°MeṣaAśvinī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati170.83°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra337.35°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani243.00°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:56 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:34 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:50 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:28 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 15 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 44 Mins 42 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:10 – 05:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:50 – 05:56
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 13:00
Vijaya Muhūrta14:46 – 15:39
Godhūli Muhūrta18:59 – 19:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:11 – 19:44
Amṛta Kāla18:56 – 20:41
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 01:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:53 – 17:32
Yamaganda09:15 – 10:54
Gulika Kāla12:34 – 14:13
Varjyam06:29 – 06:50
Dur Muhūrta 09:02 – 09:28

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:56 – 07:35 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:35 – 09:15 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:15 – 10:54 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:54 – 12:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:34 – 14:13 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:13 – 15:53 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:53 – 17:32 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:32 – 19:11 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:11 – 20:32 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:32 – 21:53 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:53 – 23:13 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:13 – 00:34 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:34 – 01:54 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:54 – 03:15 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:15 – 04:35 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:35 – 05:56 (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 Saptamī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869410.27
Julian Day2457875.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0951°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)73.05°
🪷 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 (24.0951°), declination 15.39°, EoT 3.04 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: 2017-05-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)