पञ्चाङ्ग — Kathmandu, Nepal · October 13, 2012 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 7.5 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
अपरेयमितस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम्।

जीवभूतां महाबाहो ययेदं धार्यते जगत्।।7.5।।
"7.5 This is My inferior Nature; but distinct from this, O Valiant One, know thou that my Superior Nature is the very Life which sustains the universe." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya176.08°KanyāCitrā P1
चन्द्र Candra142.96°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala220.03°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha196.66°TulāSvātī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati51.87°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra137.25°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani186.55°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:02 NPT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:36 NPT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 NPT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:23 NPT
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:50 NPT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 34 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 25 Mins 39 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:30 – 05:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:04 – 06:02
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:12
Vijaya Muhūrta13:45 – 14:31
Godhūli Muhūrta17:24 – 17:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:36 – 18:05
Amṛta Kāla17:21 – 19:06
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:12

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:56 – 10:22
Yamaganda13:16 – 14:43
Gulika Kāla06:02 – 07:29
Varjyam06:31 – 06:50
Dur Muhūrta 08:44 – 09:07

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:02 – 07:29 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:29 – 08:56 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:56 – 10:22 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:22 – 11:49 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:49 – 13:16 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:16 – 14:43 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:43 – 16:10 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:10 – 17:36 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:36 – 19:10 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:10 – 20:43 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:43 – 22:16 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:16 – 23:49 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:49 – 01:22 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:22 – 02:56 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:56 – 04:29 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:29 – 06:02 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5114 · Kali-5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867748.27 · 5113.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456213.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0316° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)327.29° · 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 (24.0316°) · declination -7.86° · EoT 14.44 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:2012-10-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)