पञ्चाङ्ग — Edison, NJ, USA · November 7, 2016 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.31 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
क्षिप्रं भवति धर्मात्मा शश्वच्छान्तिं निगच्छति।

कौन्तेय प्रतिजानीहि न मे भक्तः प्रणश्यति।।9.31।।
"9.31 He shall attain spirituality ere long, and Eternal Peace shall be his. O Arjuna! Believe me, My devotee is never lost." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.31's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya200.97°TulāViśākhā P1
चन्द्र Candra281.79°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala274.09°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha206.94°TulāViśākhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati167.77°KanyāHasta P3
शुक्र Śukra239.53°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani230.74°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:35 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:48 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:42 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:09 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:01 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 13 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 46 Mins 46 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:13 – 05:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:44 – 06:35
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 12:02
Vijaya Muhūrta13:24 – 14:05
Godhūli Muhūrta16:36 – 17:00
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:48 – 17:14
Amṛta Kāla16:33 – 18:18
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 00:02

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:52 – 09:08
Yamaganda10:25 – 11:42
Gulika Kāla12:58 – 14:15
Varjyam07:00 – 07:17
Dur Muhūrta 08:58 – 09:18

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Amṛta06:35 – 07:52 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:52 – 09:08 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:08 – 10:25 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:25 – 11:42 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:42 – 12:58 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala12:58 – 14:15 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:15 – 15:32 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:32 – 16:48 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:48 – 18:32 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:32 – 20:15 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:15 – 21:58 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla21:58 – 23:42 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:42 – 01:25 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:25 – 03:08 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:08 – 04:52 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:52 – 06:35 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 40.5187°
Longitude: -74.4121°
Timezone: UTC+-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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Śravaṇa 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 Year5118 · Kali-5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869234.27 · 5117.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457699.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0884° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)84.88° · 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 (24.0884°) · declination -16.35° · EoT 16.09 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage: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:2016-11-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)