पञ्चाङ्ग — Edison, NJ, USA · March 24, 2026 CE

Also observed today

मीन सङ्क्रान्ति · Mīna SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 7.8 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga

रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभास्मि शशिसूर्ययोः।

प्रणवः सर्ववेदेषु शब्दः खे पौरुषं नृषु।।7.8।।

"7.8 O Arjuna! I am the Fluidity in water, the Light in the sun and in the moon. I am the mystic syllable Om in the Vedic scriptures, the Sound in ether, the Virility in man." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 7.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī

Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava

Bengali Saṁvat: 1433

Malayalam Era: 1202

Nanakshahi: 557

Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Rohiṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)	Kaulava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	339.20°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra	45.83°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	322.25°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha	314.47°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	80.97°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra	357.26°	Mīna	Revatī P4
शनि Śani	340.42°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:56 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:14 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:05 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	09:07 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)	23:55 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 18 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 41 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:17 – 05:06
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:54 – 05:56
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:40 – 12:29
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:08 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:02 – 18:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:14 – 18:44
Amṛta Kāla	17:59 – 19:44
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:40 – 00:29

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	15:09 – 16:41
Yamaganda	09:00 – 10:32
Gulika Kāla	12:05 – 13:37
Varjyam	06:26 – 06:46
Dur Muhūrta	08:48 – 09:12

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	05:56 – 07:28 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	07:28 – 09:00 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	09:00 – 10:32 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:32 – 12:05 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	12:05 – 13:37 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:37 – 15:09 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	15:09 – 16:41 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	16:41 – 18:14 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	18:14 – 19:41 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	19:41 – 21:09 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	21:09 – 22:37 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:37 – 00:05 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	00:05 – 01:32 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:32 – 03:00 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	03:00 – 04:28 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	04:28 – 05:56 (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 Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5127
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1872658.27
Julian Day	2461123.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.2194°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	64.66°

🪷 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 (24.2194°), declination 1.36°, EoT -6.90 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: 2026-03-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)