पञ्चाङ्ग — Mathurā · August 18, 1756 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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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.38 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम्।परिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम्।।18.38।।
"18.38 That which as first is like nectar, because the senses revel in their objects, but in the end acts like poison - that pleasure arises from Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1813 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1678 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1163
Malayalam Era: 932
Nanakshahi: 287
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya124.94°SiṃhaMaghā P2
चन्द्र Candra38.18°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala163.81°KanyāHasta P2
बुध Budha115.93°KarkaAśleṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati178.26°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra127.21°SiṃhaMaghā P3
शनि Śani288.05°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:51 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:54 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:50 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:22 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 03 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 56 Mins 47 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:07 – 04:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:46 – 05:51
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:49
Vijaya Muhūrta14:33 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta18:42 – 19:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:54 – 19:27
Amṛta Kāla18:39 – 20:24
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:49

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:23 – 14:01
Yamaganda07:29 – 09:07
Gulika Kāla10:45 – 12:23
Varjyam06:24 – 06:45
Dur Muhūrta 08:54 – 09:20

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:51 – 07:29 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:29 – 09:07 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:07 – 10:45 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:45 – 12:23 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:23 – 14:01 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:01 – 15:39 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:39 – 17:17 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:17 – 18:54 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:54 – 20:17 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:17 – 21:39 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:39 – 23:01 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:01 – 00:23 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:23 – 01:45 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:45 – 03:07 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:07 – 04:29 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:29 – 05:51 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

🌌 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 Year4858 · Kali-4858
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1774190.27 · 4857.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2362655.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)20.4533° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)272.53° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30)
🪷 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 (20.4533°) · declination 13.05° · EoT -3.53 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:1756-08-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)