पञ्चाङ्ग — Kathmandu, Nepal · November 23, 2011 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: प्रदोष व्रत — Pradoṣa Vrata
Twilight worship of Śiva on Trayodaśī.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.38 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम्।परिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम्।।18.38।।
"18.38 That which as first is like nectar, because the senses revel in their objects, but in the end acts like poison - that pleasure arises from Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya216.36°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
चन्द्र Candra185.28°TulāCitrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala131.55°SiṃhaMaghā P4
बुध Budha236.04°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati8.01°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra241.50°DhanuMūla P1
शनि Śani180.60°TulāCitrā P3

☀️ Kathmandu, Nepal — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · NPT)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:31 NPT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:10 NPT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:51 NPT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:08 NPT
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:25 NPT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 38 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 21 Mins 09 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:06 – 05:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:38 – 06:31
Abhijit Muhūrta11:30 – 12:12
Vijaya Muhūrta13:37 – 14:20
Godhūli Muhūrta16:58 – 17:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:10 – 17:37
Amṛta Kāla16:55 – 18:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:30 – 00:12

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:51 – 13:11
Yamaganda07:51 – 09:11
Gulika Kāla10:31 – 11:51
Varjyam06:58 – 07:15
Dur Muhūrta 09:00 – 09:22

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Tropical 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 Labha06:31 – 07:51 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:51 – 09:11 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:11 – 10:31 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:31 – 11:51 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:51 – 13:11 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:11 – 14:31 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:31 – 15:50 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:50 – 17:10 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:10 – 18:50 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:50 – 20:31 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:31 – 22:11 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:11 – 23:51 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:51 – 01:31 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:31 – 03:11 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:11 – 04:51 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:51 – 06:31 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 27.7172°
Longitude: 85.324°
Timezone: UTC+5.75

🚶 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 Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867423.27 · 5112.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455888.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0191° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)331.00° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (24.0191°) · declination -20.23° · EoT 12.85 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:2011-11-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)