पञ्चाङ्ग — Edison, NJ, USA · May 7, 2023 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 18.15 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
शरीरवाङ्मनोभिर्यत्कर्म प्रारभते नरः।न्याय्यं वा विपरीतं वा पञ्चैते तस्य हेतवः।।18.15।।
"18.15 Whatever action a man performs, whether by muscular effort or by speech or by thought, and whether it be right or wrong, these five are the essential causes." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya22.07°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra218.60°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala87.84°MithunaPunarvasu P3
बुध Budha13.81°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati3.61°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra64.92°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
शनि Śani311.72°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:50 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:58 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:12 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:48 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 08 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 51 Mins 40 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:57 – 03:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:39 – 04:50
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta14:16 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta18:46 – 19:10
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:58 – 19:34
Amṛta Kāla18:43 – 20:28
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:22

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:12 – 18:58
Yamaganda11:54 – 13:40
Gulika Kāla15:26 – 17:12
Varjyam05:25 – 05:48
Dur Muhūrta 08:08 – 08:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (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 · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:50 – 06:36 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:36 – 08:22 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:22 – 10:08 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:08 – 11:54 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:54 – 13:40 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:40 – 15:26 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:26 – 17:12 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:12 – 18:58 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:58 – 20:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:12 – 21:26 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:26 – 22:40 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:40 – 23:54 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:54 – 01:08 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:08 – 02:22 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:22 – 03:36 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:36 – 04:50 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871606.27
Julian Day2460071.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1791°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)195.65°
🪷 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 (24.1791°), declination 16.70°, EoT 3.51 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: 2023-05-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)