पञ्चाङ्ग — Haridwār · August 20, 2154 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: वामन जयन्ती — Vāmana Jayantī
Vāmana's three-step measure of all worlds; Bali's surrender. (= Onam in Kerala.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.17 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
तद्बुद्धयस्तदात्मानस्तन्निष्ठास्तत्परायणाः।

गच्छन्त्यपुनरावृत्तिं ज्ञाननिर्धूतकल्मषाः।।5.17।।
"5.17 Meditating on the Divine, having faith in the Divine, concentrating on the Divine and losing themselves in the Divine, their sins dissolved in wisdom, they go whence there is no return." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2211 Prabhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 2076 Ānanda
Bengali Saṁvat: 1561
Malayalam Era: 1330
Nanakshahi: 685
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya121.11°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra257.33°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala80.47°MithunaPunarvasu P1
बुध Budha146.36°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati35.66°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
शुक्र Śukra152.82°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani119.95°KarkaAśleṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:47 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:54 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:18 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:32 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 06 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 53 Mins 30 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:02 – 04:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:42 – 05:47
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:47
Vijaya Muhūrta14:31 – 15:24
Godhūli Muhūrta18:42 – 19:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:54 – 19:26
Amṛta Kāla18:39 – 20:24
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:47

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:37 – 17:15
Yamaganda09:04 – 10:42
Gulika Kāla12:20 – 13:59
Varjyam06:20 – 06:41
Dur Muhūrta 08:51 – 09:17

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (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):
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 Roga05:47 – 07:25 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:25 – 09:04 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:04 – 10:42 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:42 – 12:20 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:20 – 13:59 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:59 – 15:37 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:37 – 17:15 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:15 – 18:54 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:54 – 20:15 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:15 – 21:37 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:37 – 22:59 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:59 – 00:20 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:20 – 01:42 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:42 – 03:04 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:04 – 04:25 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:25 – 05:47 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 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 Year5256 · Kali-5256
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1919558.27 · 5255.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2508023.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)26.0131° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)137.97° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (26.0131°) · declination 12.47° · EoT -3.05 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:2154-08-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)