पञ्चाङ्ग — Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh · March 8, 2024 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: प्रदोष व्रत — Pradoṣa Vrata
Twilight worship of Śiva on Trayodaśī.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.10 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
योगी युञ्जीत सततमात्मानं रहसि स्थितः।

एकाकी यतचित्तात्मा निराशीरपरिग्रहः।।6.10।।
"6.10 Let the student of spirituality try unceasingly to concentrate his mind; Let him live in seclusion, absolutely alone, with mind and personality controlled, free from desire and without possessions." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya323.77°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra290.68°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala293.88°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha331.28°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati18.39°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra300.71°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani316.68°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:22 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:12 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:34 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:36 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 49 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 10 Mins 34 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:48 – 05:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:23 – 06:22
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 15:03
Godhūli Muhūrta18:00 – 18:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:12 – 18:41
Amṛta Kāla17:57 – 19:42
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:41

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:48 – 12:17
Yamaganda15:15 – 16:43
Gulika Kāla07:51 – 09:20
Varjyam06:52 – 07:11
Dur Muhūrta 09:08 – 09:32

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical 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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:22 – 07:51 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:51 – 09:20 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:20 – 10:48 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:48 – 12:17 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:17 – 13:46 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:46 – 15:15 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:15 – 16:43 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:43 – 18:12 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:12 – 19:43 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:43 – 21:15 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:15 – 22:46 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:46 – 00:17 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:17 – 01:48 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:48 – 03:20 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:20 – 04:51 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:51 – 06:22 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 25.2051°
Longitude: 81.0896°
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 — 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 Year5125 · Kali-5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871912.27 · 5125.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2460377.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1908° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)328.29° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (24.1908°) · declination -4.76° · EoT -11.53 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:2024-03-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)