पञ्चाङ्ग — Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh · August 12, 1968 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: सङ्कष्टी चतुर्थी — Saṅkaṣṭī Caturthī
Monthly Gaṇeśa vrata.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.42 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
अथवा योगिनामेव कुले भवति धीमताम्।

एतद्धि दुर्लभतरं लोके जन्म यदीदृशम्।।6.42।।
"6.42 Or, he may be born in the family of the wise sages, though a birth like this is, indeed, very difficult to obtain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.42's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2025 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1890 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1375
Malayalam Era: 1144
Nanakshahi: 499
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya115.98°KarkaAśleṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra340.36°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala101.09°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha121.24°SiṃhaMaghā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati137.49°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra130.91°SiṃhaMaghā P4
शनि Śani2.69°MeṣaAśvinī P1

☀️ Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:38 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:43 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:10 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:03 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:13 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 05 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 54 Mins 20 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:53 – 04:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:32 – 05:38
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta14:21 – 15:14
Godhūli Muhūrta18:31 – 18:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:43 – 19:16
Amṛta Kāla18:28 – 20:13
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:37

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:16 – 08:54
Yamaganda10:32 – 12:10
Gulika Kāla13:49 – 15:27
Varjyam06:10 – 06:31
Dur Muhūrta 08:41 – 09:07

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Tropical 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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:38 – 07:16 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:16 – 08:54 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:54 – 10:32 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:32 – 12:10 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:10 – 13:49 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:49 – 15:27 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:27 – 17:05 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:05 – 18:43 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:43 – 20:05 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:05 – 21:27 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:27 – 22:49 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:49 – 00:10 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:10 – 01:32 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:32 – 02:54 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:54 – 04:16 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:16 – 05:38 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 25.2051°
Longitude: 81.0896°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5070 · Kali-5070
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1851615.27 · 5069.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2440080.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4145° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)225.45° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (23.4145°) · declination 15.00° · EoT -4.74 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:1968-08-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)