पञ्चाङ्ग — Kochi, Kerala · May 5, 2026 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.20 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
परस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्योऽव्यक्तोऽव्यक्तात्सनातनः।

यः स सर्वेषु भूतेषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति।।8.20।।
"8.20 In truth, therefore, there is the Eternal Unmanifest, which is beyond and above the Unmanifest Spirit of Creation, which is never destroyed when all these being perish." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya20.36°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra236.87°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala354.84°MīnaRevatī P3
बुध Budha9.00°MeṣaAśvinī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati85.10°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra48.62°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शनि Śani345.45°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:06 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:37 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:02 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:33 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 30 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 29 Mins 36 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:26 – 05:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:04 – 06:06
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:47
Vijaya Muhūrta14:27 – 15:17
Godhūli Muhūrta18:25 – 18:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:37 – 19:08
Amṛta Kāla18:22 – 20:07
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:47

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:29 – 17:03
Yamaganda09:14 – 10:48
Gulika Kāla12:22 – 13:55
Varjyam06:38 – 06:58
Dur Muhūrta 09:01 – 09:26

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:06 – 07:40 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:40 – 09:14 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:14 – 10:48 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:48 – 12:22 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:22 – 13:55 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:55 – 15:29 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:29 – 17:03 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:03 – 18:37 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:37 – 20:03 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:03 – 21:29 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:29 – 22:55 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:55 – 00:22 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:22 – 01:48 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:48 – 03:14 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:14 – 04:40 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:40 – 06:06 (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

Kali Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872700.27
Julian Day2461165.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2210°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)219.83°
🪷 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 (24.2210°), declination 16.21°, EoT 3.35 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: 2026-05-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)