पञ्चाङ्ग — Haridwār · May 2, 2002 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: 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 18.51 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
बुद्ध्या विशुद्धया युक्तो धृत्याऽऽत्मानं नियम्य च।शब्दादीन् विषयांस्त्यक्त्वा रागद्वेषौ व्युदस्य च।।18.51।।
"18.51 Guided always by pure reason, bravely restraining himself, renouncing the objects of sense and giving up attachment and hatred;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.51's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya17.60°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
चन्द्र Candra261.46°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala48.52°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
बुध Budha38.32°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati77.12°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra43.77°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शनि Śani49.67°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3

☀️ Haridwār — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:34 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:55 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:22 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:37 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 20 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 39 Mins 30 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:47 – 04:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:27 – 05:34
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:21
Godhūli Muhūrta18:43 – 19:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:55 – 19:28
Amṛta Kāla18:40 – 20:25
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:41

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:54 – 15:34
Yamaganda05:34 – 07:14
Gulika Kāla08:54 – 10:34
Varjyam06:07 – 06:29
Dur Muhūrta 08:41 – 09:08

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (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):
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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:34 – 07:14 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:14 – 08:54 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:54 – 10:34 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:34 – 12:14 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:14 – 13:54 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:54 – 15:34 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:34 – 17:14 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:14 – 18:55 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:55 – 20:14 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:14 – 21:34 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:34 – 22:54 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:54 – 00:14 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:14 – 01:34 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:34 – 02:54 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:54 – 04:14 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:14 – 05:34 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 29.9457°
Longitude: 78.1642°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5104 · Kali-5104
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863931.27 · 5103.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452396.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8856° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)242.56° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 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 (23.8856°) · declination 15.27° · EoT 3.04 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:2002-05-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)