पञ्चाङ्ग — Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh · September 26, 2016 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: रमा एकादशी — Ramā Ekādaśī
Lakṣmī (Ramā) granted boon to King Mucukunda.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.17 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः।

रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः।।8.17।।
"8.17 Those who understand the cosmic day and cosmic night know that one day of creation is a thousand cycles, and that the night is of equal length." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya159.30°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
चन्द्र Candra102.06°KarkaPuṣya P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala244.91°DhanuMūla P2
बुध Budha141.78°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati158.91°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra188.64°TulāSvātī P1
शनि Śani226.99°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:58 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:00 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:29 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:52 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 02 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 57 Mins 55 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:22 – 05:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:58 – 05:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta14:00 – 14:48
Godhūli Muhūrta17:48 – 18:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:00 – 18:30
Amṛta Kāla17:45 – 19:30
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:23

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:28 – 08:59
Yamaganda10:29 – 11:59
Gulika Kāla13:29 – 15:00
Varjyam06:28 – 06:47
Dur Muhūrta 08:47 – 09:11

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:58 – 07:28 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:28 – 08:59 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:59 – 10:29 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:29 – 11:59 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:59 – 13:29 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:29 – 15:00 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:00 – 16:30 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:30 – 18:00 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:00 – 19:30 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:30 – 21:00 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:00 – 22:29 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:29 – 23:59 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:59 – 01:29 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:29 – 02:59 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:59 – 04:28 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:28 – 05:58 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 26.4499°
Longitude: 80.3319°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5118 · Kali-5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869192.27 · 5117.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457657.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0868° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)301.01° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (24.0868°) · declination -1.35° · EoT 9.50 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 offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2016-09-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)