पञ्चाङ्ग — Haridwār · August 18, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 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: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya121.45°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra296.74°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala222.41°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha148.61°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati150.67°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra140.93°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani225.52°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:46 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:55 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:34 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:30 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 09 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 50 Mins 51 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:01 – 04:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:41 – 05:46
Abhijit Muhūrta11:55 – 12:47
Vijaya Muhūrta14:32 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta18:43 – 19:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:55 – 19:28
Amṛta Kāla18:40 – 20:25
Niśīta Muhūrta23:55 – 00:47

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:00 – 15:38
Yamaganda05:46 – 07:25
Gulika Kāla09:04 – 10:42
Varjyam06:19 – 06:40
Dur Muhūrta 08:50 – 09:17

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:46 – 07:25 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:25 – 09:04 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:04 – 10:42 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:42 – 12:21 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:21 – 14:00 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:00 – 15:38 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:38 – 17:17 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:17 – 18:55 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:55 – 20:17 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:17 – 21:38 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:38 – 23:00 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:00 – 00:21 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:21 – 01:42 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:42 – 03:04 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:04 – 04:25 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:25 – 05:46 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Dhaniṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869153.27
Julian Day2457618.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0853°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)174.30°
🪷 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 (24.0853°), declination 13.01°, EoT -3.53 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: 2016-08-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)