पञ्चाङ्ग — Bikaner, Rajasthan · October 6, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.1 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच

धर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः।

मामकाः पाण्डवाश्चैव किमकुर्वत सञ्जय।।1.1।।
"1.1 The King Dhritarashtra asked: "O Sanjaya! What happened on the sacred battlefield of Kurukshetra, when my people gathered against the Pandavas?"" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya168.88°KanyāHasta P3
चन्द्र Candra352.30°MīnaRevatī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala145.05°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha166.41°KanyāHasta P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati184.64°TulāCitrā P4
शुक्र Śukra145.31°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani238.29°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:31 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:17 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:21 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:54 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 45 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 14 Mins 19 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:57 – 05:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:32 – 06:31
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:48
Vijaya Muhūrta14:22 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta18:05 – 18:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:17 – 18:46
Amṛta Kāla18:02 – 19:47
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:48

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:56 – 12:24
Yamaganda15:20 – 16:49
Gulika Kāla07:59 – 09:28
Varjyam07:01 – 07:19
Dur Muhūrta 09:16 – 09:39

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:31 – 07:59 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:59 – 09:28 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:28 – 10:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:56 – 12:24 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:24 – 13:52 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:52 – 15:20 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:20 – 16:49 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:49 – 18:17 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:17 – 19:49 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:49 – 21:20 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:20 – 22:52 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:52 – 00:24 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:24 – 01:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:56 – 03:28 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:28 – 04:59 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:59 – 06:31 (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 Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869567.27
Julian Day2458032.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1011°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)182.22°
🪷 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 (24.1011°), declination -5.13°, EoT 12.68 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: 2017-10-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)