पञ्चाङ्ग — Kota, Rajasthan · July 16, 1996 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.38 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम्।परिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम्।।18.38।।
"18.38 That which as first is like nectar, because the senses revel in their objects, but in the end acts like poison - that pleasure arises from Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya89.99°MithunaPunarvasu P3
चन्द्र Candra93.96°KarkaPuṣya P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala59.66°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
बुध Budha95.49°KarkaPuṣya P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati257.57°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra51.21°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शनि Śani343.56°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

☀️ Kota, Rajasthan — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:46 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:19 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:32 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:05 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:32 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 32 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 27 Mins 08 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:57 – 04:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:38 – 05:46
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 12:59
Vijaya Muhūrta14:48 – 15:42
Godhūli Muhūrta19:07 – 19:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:19 – 19:53
Amṛta Kāla19:04 – 20:49
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 00:59

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:55 – 17:37
Yamaganda09:09 – 10:51
Gulika Kāla12:32 – 14:14
Varjyam06:20 – 06:41
Dur Muhūrta 08:55 – 09:23

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:46 – 07:27 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:27 – 09:09 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:09 – 10:51 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:51 – 12:32 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:32 – 14:14 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:14 – 15:55 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:55 – 17:37 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:37 – 19:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:19 – 20:37 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:37 – 21:55 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:55 – 23:14 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:14 – 00:32 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:32 – 01:51 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:51 – 03:09 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:09 – 04:27 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:27 – 05:46 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 25.2138°
Longitude: 75.8648°
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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861815.27 · 5097.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450280.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8046° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)5.41° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (23.8046°) · declination 21.34° · EoT -5.68 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:1996-07-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)