पञ्चाङ्ग — Lumbinī · March 12, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: होली — Holi (Phālguna Pūrṇimā)
Festival of colors; Holikā-dahana eve.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.5 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
ऋषिभिर्बहुधा गीतं छन्दोभिर्विविधैः पृथक्।ब्रह्मसूत्रपदैश्चैव हेतुमद्भिर्विनिश्िचतैः।।13.5।।
"13.5 Seers have sung of It in various ways, in many hymns and sacred Vedic songs, weighty in thought and convincing in argument." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya327.56°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra140.67°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala7.11°MeṣaAśvinī P3
बुध Budha331.96°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati176.85°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra347.69°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani243.00°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:26 NPT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:19 NPT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 NPT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:40 NPT
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:10 NPT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 53 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 06 Mins 16 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:50 – 05:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:26 – 06:26
Abhijit Muhūrta11:59 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:21 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta18:07 – 18:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:19 – 18:49
Amṛta Kāla18:04 – 19:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:50 – 18:19
Yamaganda12:22 – 13:52
Gulika Kāla15:21 – 16:50
Varjyam06:55 – 07:14
Dur Muhūrta 09:12 – 09:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:26 – 07:55 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:55 – 09:24 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:24 – 10:53 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:53 – 12:22 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:22 – 13:52 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:52 – 15:21 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:21 – 16:50 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:50 – 18:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:19 – 19:50 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:50 – 21:21 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:21 – 22:52 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:52 – 00:22 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:22 – 01:53 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:53 – 03:24 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:24 – 04:55 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:55 – 06:26 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Pūrva Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869359.27
Julian Day2457824.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0932°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)174.72°
🪷 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 (24.0932°), declination -3.31°, EoT -10.49 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: 2017-03-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)