पञ्चाङ्ग — Indore, Madhya Pradesh · August 21, 1981 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: बलराम जयन्ती — Balarāma Jayantī (Hala-Ṣaṣṭhī)
Birth of Bala-deva, Krishna's elder brother and Saṅkarṣaṇa.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.6 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
कर्मेन्द्रियाणि संयम्य य आस्ते मनसा स्मरन्।

इन्द्रियार्थान्विमूढात्मा मिथ्याचारः स उच्यते।।3.6।।
"3.6 He who remains motionless, refusing to act, but all the while brooding over sensuous object, that deluded soul is simply a hypocrite." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2038 Bhāva
Śaka Saṁvat: 1903 Durmati
Bengali Saṁvat: 1388
Malayalam Era: 1157
Nanakshahi: 512
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya124.31°SiṃhaMaghā P2
चन्द्र Candra13.66°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala88.93°MithunaPunarvasu P3
बुध Budha135.06°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati166.28°KanyāHasta P2
शुक्र Śukra159.61°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani163.57°KanyāHasta P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:05 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:54 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:29 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:40 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:33 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 48 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 11 Mins 01 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:22 – 05:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:01 – 06:05
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:55
Vijaya Muhūrta14:38 – 15:29
Godhūli Muhūrta18:42 – 19:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:54 – 19:26
Amṛta Kāla18:39 – 20:24
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:53 – 12:29
Yamaganda15:42 – 17:18
Gulika Kāla07:41 – 09:17
Varjyam06:37 – 06:57
Dur Muhūrta 09:04 – 09:30

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:05 – 07:41 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:41 – 09:17 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:17 – 10:53 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:53 – 12:29 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:29 – 14:05 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:05 – 15:42 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:42 – 17:18 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:18 – 18:54 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:54 – 20:18 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:18 – 21:42 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:42 – 23:05 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:05 – 00:29 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:29 – 01:53 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:53 – 03:17 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:17 – 04:41 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:41 – 06:05 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 22.7196°
Longitude: 75.8577°
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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

🌌 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 Year5083 · Kali-5083
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1856372.27 · 5082.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2444837.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5965° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)248.67° · 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 (23.5965°) · declination 12.20° · EoT -2.80 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:1981-08-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)