पञ्चाङ्ग — Kollam, Kerala · April 30, 2018 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 5.3 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ज्ञेयः स नित्यसंन्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति।

निर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्प्रमुच्यते।।5.3।।
"5.3 He is a true ascetic who never desires or dislikes, who is uninfluenced by the opposites and is easily freed from bondage." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya15.56°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
चन्द्र Candra195.67°TulāSvātī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala268.63°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha348.34°MīnaRevatī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati205.21°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra42.14°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शनि Śani254.80°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:08 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:34 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:28 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:14 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 25 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 34 Mins 11 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:28 – 05:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:06 – 06:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:15
Godhūli Muhūrta18:22 – 18:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:34 – 19:05
Amṛta Kāla18:19 – 20:04
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:41 – 09:14
Yamaganda10:48 – 12:21
Gulika Kāla13:54 – 15:27
Varjyam06:39 – 06:59
Dur Muhūrta 09:02 – 09:27

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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):
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 Amṛta06:08 – 07:41 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:41 – 09:14 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:14 – 10:48 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:48 – 12:21 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:21 – 13:54 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:54 – 15:27 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:27 – 17:00 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:00 – 18:34 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:34 – 20:00 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:00 – 21:27 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:27 – 22:54 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:54 – 00:21 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:21 – 01:48 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:48 – 03:14 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:14 – 04:41 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:41 – 06:08 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 8.8932°
Longitude: 76.6141°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869773.27
Julian Day2458238.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1090°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)181.87°
🪷 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 (24.1090°), declination 14.71°, EoT 2.79 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: 2018-04-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)