पञ्चाङ्ग — Indore, Madhya Pradesh · April 18, 1998 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 17.6 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
कर्षयन्तः शरीरस्थं भूतग्राममचेतसः।मां चैवान्तःशरीरस्थं तान्विद्ध्यासुरनिश्चयान्।।17.6।।
"17.6 They are ignorant. They torment the organs of the body; and they harass Me also, Who lives within. Know that they are devoted to evil." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya3.99°MeṣaAśvinī P2
चन्द्र Candra252.52°DhanuMūla P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala9.94°MeṣaAśvinī P3
बुध Budha346.32°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati323.07°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra318.76°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
शनि Śani0.08°MeṣaAśvinī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:04 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:48 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:39 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:21 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 43 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 16 Mins 20 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:22 – 05:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:01 – 06:04
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:52
Vijaya Muhūrta14:33 – 15:24
Godhūli Muhūrta18:36 – 19:00
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:48 – 19:20
Amṛta Kāla18:33 – 20:18
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:52

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:15 – 10:51
Yamaganda14:02 – 15:37
Gulika Kāla06:04 – 07:40
Varjyam06:36 – 06:56
Dur Muhūrta 09:02 – 09:28

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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 Kāla06:04 – 07:40 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:40 – 09:15 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:15 – 10:51 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:51 – 12:26 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:26 – 14:02 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:02 – 15:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:37 – 17:12 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:12 – 18:48 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:48 – 20:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:12 – 21:37 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:37 – 23:02 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:02 – 00:26 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:26 – 01:51 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:51 – 03:15 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:15 – 04:40 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:40 – 06:04 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 22.7196°
Longitude: 75.8577°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5100 · Kali-5100
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862456.27 · 5099.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450921.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8292° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)252.08° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 22/30)
🪷 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 (23.8292°) · declination 10.70° · EoT 0.51 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:1998-04-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)