पञ्चाङ्ग — Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh · May 2, 2026 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 8.17 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः।

रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः।।8.17।।
"8.17 Those who understand the cosmic day and cosmic night know that one day of creation is a thousand cycles, and that the night is of equal length." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya17.45°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
चन्द्र Candra201.05°TulāViśākhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala352.55°MīnaRevatī P2
बुध Budha3.19°MeṣaAśvinī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati84.66°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra44.99°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शनि Śani345.12°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:18 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:29 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:53 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:39 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:36 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 11 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 48 Mins 36 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:32 – 04:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:12 – 05:18
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta14:05 – 14:58
Godhūli Muhūrta18:17 – 18:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:29 – 19:02
Amṛta Kāla18:14 – 19:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:36 – 10:15
Yamaganda13:32 – 15:11
Gulika Kāla05:18 – 06:57
Varjyam05:51 – 06:12
Dur Muhūrta 08:22 – 08:49

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:18 – 06:57 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:57 – 08:36 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:36 – 10:15 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:15 – 11:53 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:53 – 13:32 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:32 – 15:11 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:11 – 16:50 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:50 – 18:29 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:29 – 19:50 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:50 – 21:11 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:11 – 22:32 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:32 – 23:53 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:53 – 01:15 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:15 – 02:36 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:36 – 03:57 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:57 – 05:18 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 26.7606°
Longitude: 83.3732°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

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

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Pratipada + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872697.27
Julian Day2461162.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2208°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)185.38°
🪷 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 (24.2208°), declination 15.33°, EoT 3.04 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: 2026-05-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)