पञ्चाङ्ग — Edison, NJ, USA · November 29, 2000 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: विनायक चतुर्थी — Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly)
Monthly Śukla-pakṣa Caturthī; auspicious for new ventures.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.36 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः।

अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः।।3.36।।
"3.36 Arjuna asked: My Lord! Tell me, what is it that drives a man to sin, even against his will and as if by compulsion?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2057 Vijaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1922 Vikrama
Bengali Saṁvat: 1407
Malayalam Era: 1176
Nanakshahi: 531
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya223.26°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
चन्द्र Candra257.65°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala171.37°KanyāHasta P4
बुध Budha208.67°TulāViśākhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati42.12°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra265.17°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani32.76°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2

☀️ Edison, NJ, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-5)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:00 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:33 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:26 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:43 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 32 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 27 Mins 24 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:44 – 06:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:13 – 07:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:06
Vijaya Muhūrta13:22 – 14:00
Godhūli Muhūrta16:21 – 16:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:33 – 16:57
Amṛta Kāla16:18 – 18:03
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:06

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:47 – 12:58
Yamaganda08:12 – 09:24
Gulika Kāla10:35 – 11:47
Varjyam07:24 – 07:40
Dur Muhūrta 09:14 – 09:33

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
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 Labha07:00 – 08:12 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:12 – 09:24 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:24 – 10:35 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:35 – 11:47 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:47 – 12:58 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:58 – 14:10 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:10 – 15:22 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:22 – 16:33 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:33 – 18:22 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:22 – 20:10 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:10 – 21:58 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:58 – 23:47 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:47 – 01:35 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:35 – 03:24 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:24 – 05:12 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:12 – 07:00 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 40.5187°
Longitude: -74.4121°
Timezone: UTC+-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 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 Year5102 · Kali-5102
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863412.27 · 5101.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451877.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8657° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)37.42° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (23.8657°) · declination -21.50° · EoT 10.87 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:2000-11-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)