पञ्चाङ्ग — Jammu, J&K · August 21, 2015 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: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.3 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
त्याज्यं दोषवदित्येके कर्म प्राहुर्मनीषिणः।

यज्ञदानतपःकर्म न त्याज्यमिति चापरे।।18.3।।
"18.3 Some philosophers say that all action is evil and should be abandoned. Others that acts of sacrifice, benevolence and austerity should not be given up." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya123.63°SiṃhaMaghā P2
चन्द्र Candra193.64°TulāSvātī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala103.52°KarkaPuṣya P4
बुध Budha146.83°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati127.25°SiṃhaMaghā P3
शुक्र Śukra115.09°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शनि Śani214.28°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

☀️ Jammu, J&K — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:57 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:10 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:33 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:48 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:39 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 12 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 47 Mins 31 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:11 – 05:04
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:51 – 05:57
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 13:00
Vijaya Muhūrta14:45 – 15:38
Godhūli Muhūrta18:58 – 19:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:10 – 19:43
Amṛta Kāla18:55 – 20:40
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 01:00

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:54 – 12:33
Yamaganda15:51 – 17:31
Gulika Kāla07:36 – 09:15
Varjyam06:30 – 06:51
Dur Muhūrta 09:02 – 09:28

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:57 – 07:36 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:36 – 09:15 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:15 – 10:54 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:54 – 12:33 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:33 – 14:12 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:12 – 15:51 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:51 – 17:31 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:31 – 19:10 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:10 – 20:31 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:31 – 21:51 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:51 – 23:12 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:12 – 00:33 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:33 – 01:54 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:54 – 03:15 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:15 – 04:36 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:36 – 05:57 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 32.7266°
Longitude: 74.857°
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 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 Year5117 · Kali-5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868790.27 · 5116.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457255.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0714° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)74.18° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 7/30)
🪷 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 (24.0714°) · declination 12.27° · 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:2015-08-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)