पञ्चाङ्ग — Lumbinī · July 28, 2018 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.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.16 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन।

आर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी ज्ञानी च भरतर्षभ।।7.16।।
"7.16 O Arjuna! The righteous who worship Me are grouped by stages: first, they who suffer, next they who desire knowledge, then they who thirst after truth, and lastly they who attain wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya100.84°KarkaPuṣya P3
चन्द्र Candra282.87°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala279.55°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha119.03°KarkaAśleṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati199.57°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra145.26°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani249.55°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:33 NPT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:03 NPT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 NPT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:04 NPT
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:49 NPT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 30 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 29 Mins 12 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:45 – 04:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:25 – 05:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:33 – 15:27
Godhūli Muhūrta18:51 – 19:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:03 – 19:37
Amṛta Kāla18:48 – 20:33
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:45

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:55 – 10:37
Yamaganda13:59 – 15:41
Gulika Kāla05:33 – 07:14
Varjyam06:06 – 06:28
Dur Muhūrta 08:42 – 09:09

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:33 – 07:14 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:14 – 08:55 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:55 – 10:37 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:37 – 12:18 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:18 – 13:59 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:59 – 15:41 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:41 – 17:22 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:22 – 19:03 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:03 – 20:22 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:22 – 21:41 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:41 – 22:59 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:59 – 00:18 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:18 – 01:37 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:37 – 02:55 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:55 – 04:14 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:14 – 05:33 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5120 · Kali-5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869862.27 · 5119.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458327.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1124° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)183.24° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (24.1124°) · declination 19.03° · EoT -6.17 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:2018-07-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)