पञ्चाङ्ग — Lumbinī · May 2, 2028 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.19 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च।

अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च सदसच्चाहमर्जुन।।9.19।।
"9.19 I am the Heat of the Sun, I release and hold back the Rains. I am Death and Immortality; I am Being and Not-Being." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2085 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1950 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1435
Malayalam Era: 1204
Nanakshahi: 559
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya17.92°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
चन्द्र Candra107.14°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala8.42°MeṣaAśvinī P3
बुध Budha36.91°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati143.36°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra53.66°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
शनि Śani8.17°MeṣaAśvinī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:32 NPT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:46 NPT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:09 NPT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:25 NPT
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:46 NPT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 14 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 45 Mins 47 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:46 – 04:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:26 – 05:32
Abhijit Muhūrta11:42 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta14:21 – 15:14
Godhūli Muhūrta18:34 – 18:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:46 – 19:19
Amṛta Kāla18:31 – 20:16
Niśīta Muhūrta23:42 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:27 – 17:07
Yamaganda08:50 – 10:30
Gulika Kāla12:09 – 13:48
Varjyam06:05 – 06:26
Dur Muhūrta 08:37 – 09:04

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:32 – 07:11 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:11 – 08:50 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:50 – 10:30 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:30 – 12:09 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:09 – 13:48 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:48 – 15:27 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:27 – 17:07 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:07 – 18:46 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:46 – 20:07 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:07 – 21:27 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:27 – 22:48 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:48 – 00:09 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:09 – 01:30 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:30 – 02:50 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:50 – 04:11 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:11 – 05:32 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Āśleṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5130
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873428.27
Julian Day2461893.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2488°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)90.91°
🪷 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 (24.2488°), declination 15.49°, EoT 3.04 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: 2028-05-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)