पञ्चाङ्ग — Edison, NJ, USA · May 8, 2018 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 5.11 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga

कायेन मनसा बुद्ध्या केवलैरिन्द्रियैरपि।

योगिनः कर्म कुर्वन्ति सङ्गं त्यक्त्वाऽऽत्मशुद्धये।।5.11।।

"5.11 The sage performs his action dispassionately, using his body, mind and intellect, and even his senses, always as a means of purification." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 5.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt

Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1425

Malayalam Era: 1194

Nanakshahi: 549

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)	Kaulava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	23.31°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra	292.84°	Makara	Śravaṇa P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	272.26°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha	357.62°	Mīna	Revatī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	204.21°	Tulā	Viśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra	51.82°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P4
शनि Śani	254.59°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:49 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:00 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:54 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	00:45 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	11:00 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	14 Hours 10 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	9 Hours 49 Mins 04 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	02:55 – 03:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:38 – 04:49
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:26 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:16 – 15:13
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:48 – 19:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:00 – 19:35
Amṛta Kāla	18:45 – 20:30
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:26 – 00:22

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	15:27 – 17:13
Yamaganda	08:21 – 10:08
Gulika Kāla	11:54 – 13:40
Varjyam	05:24 – 05:47
Dur Muhūrta	08:07 – 08:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	04:49 – 06:35 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	06:35 – 08:21 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	08:21 – 10:08 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:08 – 11:54 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	11:54 – 13:40 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:40 – 15:27 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	15:27 – 17:13 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	17:13 – 19:00 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	19:00 – 20:13 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	20:13 – 21:27 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	21:27 – 22:40 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:40 – 23:54 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	23:54 – 01:08 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:08 – 02:21 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	02:21 – 03:35 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	03:35 – 04:49 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 40.5187°

Longitude: -74.4121°

Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Dhaniṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869781.27
Julian Day	2458246.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1093°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	271.50°

🪷 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 (24.1093°), declination 17.03°, EoT 3.58 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: 2018-05-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)