पञ्चाङ्ग — Indore, Madhya Pradesh · April 23, 2002 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 18.42 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
शमो दमस्तपः शौचं क्षान्तिरार्जवमेव च।ज्ञानं विज्ञानमास्तिक्यं ब्रह्मकर्म स्वभावजम्।।18.42।।
"18.42 Serenity, self-restraint, austerity, purity, forgiveness, as well as uprightness, knowledge, wisdom and faith in God - these constitute the duty of a spiritual Teacher." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.42's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya8.84°MeṣaAśvinī P3
चन्द्र Candra131.81°SiṃhaMaghā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala42.45°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
बुध Budha25.02°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati75.74°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शुक्र Śukra32.82°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
शनि Śani48.64°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:00 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:50 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:18 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:55 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 49 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 10 Mins 15 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:17 – 05:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:56 – 06:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:59 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:33 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta18:38 – 19:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:50 – 19:22
Amṛta Kāla18:35 – 20:20
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:51

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:37 – 17:14
Yamaganda09:13 – 10:49
Gulika Kāla12:25 – 14:01
Varjyam06:32 – 06:53
Dur Muhūrta 09:00 – 09:25

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:00 – 07:36 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:36 – 09:13 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:13 – 10:49 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:49 – 12:25 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:25 – 14:01 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:01 – 15:37 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:37 – 17:14 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:14 – 18:50 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:50 – 20:14 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:14 – 21:37 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:37 – 23:01 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:01 – 00:25 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:25 – 01:49 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:49 – 03:13 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:13 – 04:36 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:36 – 06:00 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 22.7196°
Longitude: 75.8577°
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 Year5104 · Kali-5104
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863922.27 · 5103.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452387.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8852° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)125.83° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30)
🪷 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 (23.8852°) · declination 12.42° · EoT 1.60 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:2002-04-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)