पञ्चाङ्ग — Kāñcīpuram · August 16, 2026 CE

पञ्चाङ्ग सार — Core Five-Limb Snapshot

Tithi
Śukla Caturthī
4/30 · Śukla pakṣa
Nakshatra
Hasta
Pada 1 · 13/27
Yoga
Siddha
21/27
Karaṇa
Viṣṭi
half-tithi 7/60
Vāra
Ravivāra (Sunday)
weekday limb
Calendar context: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa) · Solar month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)

Localized descent for Kāñcīpuram; the universal day-axis remains anchored to the same date envelope.

🪷 आज: विनायक चतुर्थी — Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly)
Monthly Śukla-pakṣa Caturthī; auspicious for new ventures.

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)
🕉️ 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.19 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
अनादिमध्यान्तमनन्तवीर्य

मनन्तबाहुं शशिसूर्यनेत्रम्।

पश्यामि त्वां दीप्तहुताशवक्त्रम्

स्वतेजसा विश्वमिदं तपन्तम्।।11.19।।
"11.19 Without beginning, without middle and without end, infinite in power, Thine arms all-embracing, the sun and moon Thine eyes, Thy face beaming with the fire of sacrifice, flooding the whole universe with light." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya118.99°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra161.66°KanyāHasta P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala68.53°MithunaĀrdrā P1
बुध Budha106.67°KarkaAśleṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati105.85°KarkaPuṣya P4
शुक्र Śukra164.51°KanyāHasta P2
शनि Śani350.22°MīnaRevatī P2

☀️ Kāñcīpuram — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:59 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:31 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:06 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:06 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 32 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 27 Mins 20 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:18 – 05:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:56 – 05:59
Abhijit Muhūrta11:50 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:21 – 15:11
Godhūli Muhūrta18:19 – 18:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:31 – 19:03
Amṛta Kāla18:16 – 20:01
Niśīta Muhūrta23:50 – 00:40

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:57 – 18:31
Yamaganda12:15 – 13:49
Gulika Kāla15:23 – 16:57
Varjyam06:30 – 06:50
Dur Muhūrta 08:54 – 09:20

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:59 – 07:33 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:33 – 09:07 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:07 – 10:41 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:41 – 12:15 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:15 – 13:49 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:49 – 15:23 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:23 – 16:57 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:57 – 18:31 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:31 – 19:57 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:57 – 21:23 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:23 – 22:49 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:49 – 00:15 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:15 – 01:41 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:41 – 03:07 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:07 – 04:33 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:33 – 05:59 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 12.8342°
Longitude: 79.7036°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Dedicated festival walk for Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly) is not live yet; Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values locate the requested date inside this application's declared proleptic model. Kali Year uses 18 February 3102 BCE as a traditional epoch convention; that convention is not proof of Krishna's historical departure date. Ahargaṇa is this model's day-count from that epoch. Julian Day is a continuous astronomical day-number. Ayanāṁśa is the modelled sidereal/tropical angular offset. Sun-Moon angle determines the computed tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5128 · Kali-5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872803.27 · 5127.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2461268.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.2249° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)43.18° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (24.2249°) · declination 13.78° · EoT -3.97 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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 seva surface · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2026-08-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)

Sources and Related Local Readings

Continue from the complete Kāñcīpuram reading for 2026-08-16 to the universal day, local muhūrta, choghaḍiyā, hora, machine-readable data, Jyotiṣa references, dharmic timing applications, and the surrender boundary.

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