पञ्चाङ्ग — Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh · October 13, 2021 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: महाष्टमी — Mahā-Aṣṭamī (Durgā-Aṣṭamī)
8th day of Śāradīya Navrātri; Mahiṣāsura-mardinī kṣaṇa.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.20 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचि

न्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः।

अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो

न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे।।2.20।।
"2.20 It was not born; It will never die, nor once having been, can It cease to be. Unborn, Eternal, Ever-enduring, yet Most Ancient, the Spirit dies not when the body is dead." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya175.77°KanyāCitrā P1
चन्द्र Candra264.51°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala173.83°KanyāCitrā P1
बुध Budha168.63°KanyāHasta P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati298.19°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra221.66°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani282.76°MakaraŚravaṇa P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:02 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:40 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:51 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:27 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:05 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 37 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 22 Mins 06 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:29 – 05:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:04 – 06:02
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:48 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta17:28 – 17:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:40 – 18:09
Amṛta Kāla17:25 – 19:10
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:14

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:51 – 13:18
Yamaganda07:29 – 08:57
Gulika Kāla10:24 – 11:51
Varjyam06:31 – 06:50
Dur Muhūrta 08:45 – 09:08

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:02 – 07:29 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:29 – 08:57 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:57 – 10:24 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:24 – 11:51 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:51 – 13:18 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:18 – 14:46 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:46 – 16:13 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:13 – 17:40 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:40 – 19:13 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:13 – 20:46 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:46 – 22:18 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:18 – 23:51 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:51 – 01:24 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:24 – 02:57 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:57 – 04:29 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:29 – 06:02 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Pūrva Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year5123 · Kali-5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871035.27 · 5122.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2459500.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1573° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)86.44° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (24.1573°) · declination -7.79° · EoT 14.44 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:2021-10-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)