पञ्चाङ्ग — Indore, Madhya Pradesh · April 21, 2004 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 18.70 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अध्येष्यते च य इमं धर्म्यं संवादमावयोः।ज्ञानयज्ञेन तेनाहमिष्टः स्यामिति मे मतिः।।18.70।।
"18.70 He who will study this spiritual discourse of ours, I assure thee, he shall thereby worship Me at the altar of Wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.70's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya7.37°MeṣaAśvinī P3
चन्द्र Candra23.95°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala55.63°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
बुध Budha0.74°MeṣaAśvinī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati135.43°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra50.93°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शनि Śani74.00°MithunaĀrdrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:01 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:49 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:59 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:04 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 47 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 12 Mins 01 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:19 – 05:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:57 – 06:01
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:33 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta18:37 – 19:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:49 – 19:21
Amṛta Kāla18:34 – 20:19
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:51

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:25 – 14:01
Yamaganda07:37 – 09:13
Gulika Kāla10:49 – 12:25
Varjyam06:33 – 06:54
Dur Muhūrta 09:01 – 09:26

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:01 – 07:37 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:37 – 09:13 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:13 – 10:49 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:49 – 12:25 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:25 – 14:01 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:01 – 15:37 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:37 – 17:13 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:13 – 18:49 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:49 – 20:13 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:13 – 21:37 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:37 – 23:01 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:01 – 00:25 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:25 – 01:49 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:49 – 03:13 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:13 – 04:37 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:37 – 06:01 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5106 · Kali-5106
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864651.27 · 5105.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453116.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9131° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)19.10° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (23.9131°) · declination 11.92° · EoT 1.19 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:2004-04-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)