पञ्चाङ्ग — Mathurā · March 17, 1696 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: होलिका दहन — Holikā Dahana
Burning of Holikā; Prahlāda saved by Hari. Eve of Holi.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.14 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अनन्यचेताः सततं यो मां स्मरति नित्यशः।

तस्याहं सुलभः पार्थ नित्ययुक्तस्य योगिनः।।8.14।।
"8.14 To him who thinks constantly of Me, and of nothing else, to such an ever-faithful devotee, O Arjuna, am I ever accessible." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1753 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1618 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1103
Malayalam Era: 872
Nanakshahi: 227
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya337.83°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra138.04°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala128.59°SiṃhaMaghā P3
बुध Budha353.70°MīnaRevatī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati155.18°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra300.44°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani279.38°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

☀️ Mathurā — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:27 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:30 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:28 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:48 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:30 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 03 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 56 Mins 44 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:50 – 05:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:26 – 06:27
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:52
Vijaya Muhūrta14:29 – 15:17
Godhūli Muhūrta18:18 – 18:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:30 – 19:00
Amṛta Kāla18:15 – 20:00
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:52

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:28 – 10:58
Yamaganda13:59 – 15:29
Gulika Kāla06:27 – 07:57
Varjyam06:57 – 07:16
Dur Muhūrta 09:15 – 09:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical 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 Kāla06:27 – 07:57 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:57 – 09:28 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:28 – 10:58 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:58 – 12:28 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:28 – 13:59 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:59 – 15:29 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:29 – 17:00 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:00 – 18:30 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:30 – 20:00 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:00 – 21:29 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:29 – 22:59 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:59 – 00:28 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:28 – 01:58 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:58 – 03:28 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:28 – 04:57 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:57 – 06:27 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 27.4924°
Longitude: 77.6737°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 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 Year4797 · Kali-4797
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1752122.27 · 4797.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2340587.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)19.6093° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)159.12° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 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 (19.6093°) · declination -1.02° · EoT -9.06 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:1696-03-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)