पञ्चाङ्ग — Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh · November 18, 2016 CE

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🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.8 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga🪷 Ahaṁ Sarvasya Prabhavo · the source of all
अहं सर्वस्य प्रभवो मत्तः सर्वं प्रवर्तते।

इति मत्वा भजन्ते मां बुधा भावसमन्विताः।।10.8।।
"10.8 I am the source of all; from Me everything flows. Therefore the wise worship Me with unchanging devotion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya212.04°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
चन्द्र Candra80.51°MithunaPunarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala282.18°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
बुध Budha223.95°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati169.90°KanyāHasta P3
शुक्र Śukra252.67°DhanuMūla P4
शनि Śani231.96°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

☀️ Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:39 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:27 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:27 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:07 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 48 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 11 Mins 24 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:12 – 05:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:45 – 06:39
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta13:51 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta17:15 – 17:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:27 – 17:54
Amṛta Kāla17:12 – 18:57
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:25

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:42 – 12:03
Yamaganda14:45 – 16:06
Gulika Kāla08:00 – 09:21
Varjyam07:06 – 07:23
Dur Muhūrta 09:10 – 09:32

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:39 – 08:00 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:00 – 09:21 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:21 – 10:42 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:42 – 12:03 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:03 – 13:24 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:24 – 14:45 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:45 – 16:06 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:06 – 17:27 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:27 – 19:06 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:06 – 20:45 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:45 – 22:24 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:24 – 00:03 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:03 – 01:42 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:42 – 03:21 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:21 – 05:00 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:00 – 06:39 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 26.2183°
Longitude: 78.1828°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5118 · Kali-5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869245.27 · 5117.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457710.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0888° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)226.00° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (24.0888°) · declination -19.28° · EoT 14.21 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:2016-11-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)