पञ्चाङ्ग — Edison, NJ, USA · October 21, 2017 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: भ्रातृ द्वितीया — Bhāi Dūja / Bhrātṛ Dvitīyā
Yamunā's reception of brother Yama; sisters welcome brothers. Day 5 of Diwali.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.16 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अनन्तविजयं राजा कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः।

नकुलः सहदेवश्च सुघोषमणिपुष्पकौ।।1.16।।
"1.16 The King Dharmaraja, the son of Kunti, blew the Anantavijaya, Nakalu and Sahadeo, the Sugosh and Manipushpaka, respectively." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya183.73°TulāCitrā P4
चन्द्र Candra198.04°TulāSvātī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala154.52°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha191.54°TulāSvātī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati187.89°TulāSvātī P1
शुक्र Śukra163.91°KanyāHasta P2
शनि Śani239.39°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:14 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:09 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:42 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:31 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:48 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 54 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 05 Mins 21 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:47 – 05:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:20 – 06:14
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 12:04
Vijaya Muhūrta13:31 – 14:15
Godhūli Muhūrta16:57 – 17:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:09 – 17:36
Amṛta Kāla16:54 – 18:39
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 00:04

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:58 – 10:20
Yamaganda13:04 – 14:25
Gulika Kāla06:14 – 07:36
Varjyam06:42 – 06:59
Dur Muhūrta 08:47 – 09:09

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:14 – 07:36 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:36 – 08:58 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:58 – 10:20 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:20 – 11:42 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:42 – 13:04 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:04 – 14:25 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:25 – 15:47 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:47 – 17:09 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:09 – 18:47 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:47 – 20:25 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:25 – 22:04 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:04 – 23:42 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:42 – 01:20 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:20 – 02:58 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:58 – 04:36 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:36 – 06:14 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 40.5187°
Longitude: -74.4121°
Timezone: UTC+-5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5119 · Kali-5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869582.27 · 5118.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458047.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1017° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)16.73° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (24.1017°) · declination -10.70° · EoT 15.83 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:2017-10-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)