पञ्चाङ्ग — Kochi, Kerala · March 10, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.8 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
नियतं कुरु कर्म त्वं कर्म ज्यायो ह्यकर्मणः।

शरीरयात्रापि च ते न प्रसिद्ध्येदकर्मणः।।3.8।।
"3.8 Do thy duty as prescribed, for action for duty's sake is superior to inaction. Even the maintenance of the body would be impossible if man remained inactive." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya325.82°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra339.25°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala217.09°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha313.50°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati143.31°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra302.77°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani231.92°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

Kochi, Kerala — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:35 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:37 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:36 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:26 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:33 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 01 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 58 Mins 50 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:59 – 05:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:35 – 06:35
Abhijit Muhūrta12:12 – 13:00
Vijaya Muhūrta14:36 – 15:24
Godhūli Muhūrta18:25 – 18:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:37 – 19:07
Amṛta Kāla18:22 – 20:07
Niśīta Muhūrta00:12 – 01:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:06 – 15:36
Yamaganda06:35 – 08:06
Gulika Kāla09:36 – 11:06
Varjyam07:05 – 07:25
Dur Muhūrta 09:24 – 09:48

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:35 – 08:06 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:06 – 09:36 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:36 – 11:06 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:06 – 12:36 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:36 – 14:06 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:06 – 15:36 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:36 – 17:06 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:06 – 18:37 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:37 – 20:06 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:06 – 21:36 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:36 – 23:06 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:06 – 00:36 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:36 – 02:06 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:06 – 03:36 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:36 – 05:06 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:06 – 06:35 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 9.9312°
Longitude: 76.2673°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868992.27
Julian Day2457457.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0791°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)11.55°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0791°), declination -4.00°, EoT -11.02 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2016-03-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)