पञ्चाङ्ग — Lumbinī · July 21, 2017 CE

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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 18.2 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

काम्यानां कर्मणां न्यासं संन्यासं कवयो विदुः।

सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं प्राहुस्त्यागं विचक्षणाः।।18.2।।
"18.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: The sages say that renunciation means forgoing an action which springs from desire; and relinquishing means the surrender of its fruit." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya94.40°KarkaPuṣya P1
चन्द्र Candra61.32°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala96.01°KarkaPuṣya P1
बुध Budha119.59°KarkaAśleṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati171.19°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra53.54°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
शनि Śani237.89°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:29 NPT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:07 NPT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 NPT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:11 NPT
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:01 NPT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 37 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 22 Mins 15 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:40 – 04:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:21 – 05:29
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:34 – 15:29
Godhūli Muhūrta18:55 – 19:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:07 – 19:41
Amṛta Kāla18:52 – 20:37
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:45

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:36 – 12:18
Yamaganda15:42 – 17:25
Gulika Kāla07:11 – 08:54
Varjyam06:03 – 06:25
Dur Muhūrta 08:40 – 09:07

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:29 – 07:11 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:11 – 08:54 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:54 – 10:36 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:36 – 12:18 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:18 – 14:00 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:00 – 15:42 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:42 – 17:25 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:25 – 19:07 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:07 – 20:25 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:25 – 21:42 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:42 – 23:00 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:00 – 00:18 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:18 – 01:36 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:36 – 02:54 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:54 – 04:11 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:11 – 05:29 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5119 · Kali-5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869490.27 · 5118.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457955.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0982° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)329.07° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (24.0982°) · declination 20.46° · EoT -6.05 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:2017-07-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)