पञ्चाङ्ग — Haridwār · August 18, 2188 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.20 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अथ व्यवस्थितान् दृष्ट्वा धार्तराष्ट्रान्कपिध्वजः।

प्रवृत्ते शस्त्रसंपाते धनुरुद्यम्य पाण्डवः।।1.20।।
"1.20 Then beholding the sons of Dhritarashtra, drawn up on the battle- field, ready to fight, Arjuna, whose flag bore the Hanuman," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2245 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 2110 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1595
Malayalam Era: 1364
Nanakshahi: 719
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya119.46°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra60.43°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala94.72°KarkaPuṣya P1
बुध Budha133.42°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati338.92°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra77.32°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शनि Śani171.57°KanyāHasta P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:47 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:55 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:24 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:26 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 08 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 51 Mins 32 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:02 – 04:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:41 – 05:47
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 Kāla07:25 – 09:04
Yamaganda10:42 – 12:21
Gulika Kāla13:59 – 15:38
Varjyam06:19 – 06:41
Dur Muhūrta 08:51 – 09:17

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:47 – 07:25 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:25 – 09:04 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:04 – 10:42 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:42 – 12:21 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:21 – 13:59 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:59 – 15:38 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:38 – 17:17 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:17 – 18:55 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:55 – 20:17 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:17 – 21:38 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:38 – 22:59 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:59 – 00:21 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:21 – 01:42 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:42 – 03:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:04 – 04:25 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:25 – 05:47 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5290 · Kali-5290
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1931975.27 · 5289.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2520440.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)26.4880° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)302.57° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (26.4880°) · declination 12.87° · EoT -3.53 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:2188-08-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)