पञ्चाङ्ग — Dubai, UAE · May 2, 2013 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 12.17 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति।शुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्ितमान्यः स मे प्रियः।।12.17।।
"12.17 He who is beyond joy and hate, who neither laments nor desires, to whom good and evil fortunes are the same, such a one is My beloved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya17.77°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
चन्द्र Candra282.19°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala14.39°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
बुध Budha6.39°MeṣaAśvinī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati53.21°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra26.47°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
शनि Śani193.65°TulāSvātī P3

Dubai, UAE — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · GST/MUT)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:42 GST/MUT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:49 GST/MUT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 GST/MUT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:27 GST/MUT
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:20 GST/MUT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 07 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 52 Mins 48 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:57 – 04:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:37 – 05:42
Abhijit Muhūrta11:50 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:27 – 15:20
Godhūli Muhūrta18:37 – 19:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:49 – 19:22
Amṛta Kāla18:34 – 20:19
Niśīta Muhūrta23:50 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:54 – 15:33
Yamaganda05:42 – 07:21
Gulika Kāla08:59 – 10:37
Varjyam06:15 – 06:36
Dur Muhūrta 08:46 – 09:12

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:42 – 07:21 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:21 – 08:59 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:59 – 10:37 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:37 – 12:16 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:16 – 13:54 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:54 – 15:33 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:33 – 17:11 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:11 – 18:49 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:49 – 20:11 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:11 – 21:33 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:33 – 22:54 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:54 – 00:16 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:16 – 01:37 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:37 – 02:59 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:59 – 04:21 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:21 – 05:42 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 25.2048°
Longitude: 55.2708°
Timezone: UTC+4

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867949.27
Julian Day2456414.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0393°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)261.84°
🪷 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 (24.0393°), declination 15.38°, 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: 2013-05-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)