पञ्चाङ्ग — Lumbinī · August 16, 2012 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
?format=json (for AI agents · structured JSON envelope)
🪷 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 5.23 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
शक्नोतीहैव यः सोढुं प्राक्शरीरविमोक्षणात्।

कामक्रोधोद्भवं वेगं स युक्तः स सुखी नरः।।5.23।।
"5.23 He who, before he leaves his body, learns to surmount the promptings of desire and anger is a saint and is happy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya119.56°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra99.71°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala181.00°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha100.71°KarkaPuṣya P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati48.30°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra73.58°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शनि Śani180.58°TulāCitrā P3

☀️ Lumbinī — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · NPT)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:43 NPT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:49 NPT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 NPT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:12 NPT
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:41 NPT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 05 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 54 Mins 05 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:58 – 04:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:37 – 05:43
Abhijit Muhūrta11:50 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:27 – 15:19
Godhūli Muhūrta18:37 – 19:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:49 – 19:22
Amṛta Kāla18:34 – 20:19
Niśīta Muhūrta23:50 – 00:42

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:54 – 15:32
Yamaganda05:43 – 07:21
Gulika Kāla08:59 – 10:38
Varjyam06:16 – 06:37
Dur Muhūrta 08:46 – 09:12

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Śubha05:43 – 07:21 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:21 – 08:59 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:59 – 10:38 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:38 – 12:16 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:16 – 13:54 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:54 – 15:32 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:32 – 17:11 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:11 – 18:49 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:49 – 20:11 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:11 – 21:32 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:32 – 22:54 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:54 – 00:16 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:16 – 01:38 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:38 – 02:59 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:59 – 04:21 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:21 – 05:43 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 27.4924°
Longitude: 83.275°
Timezone: UTC+5.75

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

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

🌌 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 Year5114 · Kali-5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867690.27 · 5113.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456155.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0293° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)339.46° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (24.0293°) · declination 13.66° · EoT -3.97 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:2012-08-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)