पञ्चाङ्ग — Kochi, Kerala · October 18, 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: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.11 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
अवजानन्ति मां मूढा मानुषीं तनुमाश्रितम्।

परं भावमजानन्तो मम भूतमहेश्वरम्।।9.11।।
"9.11 Fools disregard Me, seeing Me clad in human form. They know not that in My higher nature I am the Lord-God of all." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya181.01°TulāCitrā P3
चन्द्र Candra27.42°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala259.78°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha174.01°KanyāCitrā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati163.65°KanyāHasta P2
शुक्र Śukra215.39°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
शनि Śani228.74°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:13 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:06 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:10 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:40 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:11 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 53 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 06 Mins 52 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:38 – 05:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:14 – 06:13
Abhijit Muhūrta11:46 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta14:08 – 14:56
Godhūli Muhūrta17:54 – 18:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:06 – 18:36
Amṛta Kāla17:51 – 19:36
Niśīta Muhūrta23:46 – 00:33

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:08 – 16:37
Yamaganda09:11 – 10:40
Gulika Kāla12:10 – 13:39
Varjyam06:43 – 07:02
Dur Muhūrta 08:59 – 09:23

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik 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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:13 – 07:42 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:42 – 09:11 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:11 – 10:40 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:40 – 12:10 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:10 – 13:39 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:39 – 15:08 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:08 – 16:37 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:37 – 18:06 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:06 – 19:37 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:37 – 21:08 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:08 – 22:39 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:39 – 00:10 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:10 – 01:40 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:40 – 03:11 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:11 – 04:42 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:42 – 06:13 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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)1869214.27 · 5117.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457679.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0876° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)204.25° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 18/30)
🪷 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 (24.0876°) · declination -9.71° · EoT 15.40 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage: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:2016-10-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)