पञ्चाङ्ग — Suva, Fiji · October 17, 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
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🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.12 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
तस्य संजनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः।

सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान्।।1.12।।
"1.12 Then to enliven his spirits, the brave Grandfather Bheeshma, eldest of the Kuru-clan, blew his conch, till it sounded like a lion's roar." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya179.76°KanyāCitrā P2
चन्द्र Candra146.92°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala152.00°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha185.08°TulāCitrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati187.02°TulāSvātī P1
शुक्र Śukra158.94°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani239.07°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

☀️ Suva, Fiji — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · NZST/FJT)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:35 NZST/FJT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:07 NZST/FJT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:51 NZST/FJT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:42 NZST/FJT
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:37 NZST/FJT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 31 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 28 Mins 25 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:55 – 04:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:33 – 05:35
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:46
Godhūli Muhūrta17:55 – 18:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:07 – 18:38
Amṛta Kāla17:52 – 19:37
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:16

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:59 – 16:33
Yamaganda08:43 – 10:17
Gulika Kāla11:51 – 13:25
Varjyam06:06 – 06:27
Dur Muhūrta 08:31 – 08:56

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:35 – 07:09 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:09 – 08:43 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:43 – 10:17 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:17 – 11:51 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:51 – 13:25 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:25 – 14:59 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:59 – 16:33 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:33 – 18:07 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:07 – 19:33 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:33 – 20:59 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:59 – 22:25 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:25 – 23:51 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:51 – 01:17 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:17 – 02:43 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:43 – 04:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:09 – 05:35 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: -18.1248°
Longitude: 178.4501°
Timezone: UTC+12

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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)1869578.27 · 5118.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458043.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1016° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)327.58° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (24.1016°) · declination -9.26° · EoT 15.23 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:2017-10-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)