पञ्चाङ्ग — Mathurā · April 20, 1894 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 12.3 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते।सर्वत्रगमचिन्त्यं च कूटस्थमचलं ध्रुवम्।।12.3।।
"12.3 Those who worship Me as the Indestructible, the Undefinable, the Omnipresent, the Unthinkable, the Primeval, the Immutable and the Eternal;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1951 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1816 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1301
Malayalam Era: 1070
Nanakshahi: 425
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya7.56°MeṣaAśvinī P3
चन्द्र Candra186.67°TulāSvātī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala295.09°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha343.11°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati42.15°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra323.08°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani179.88°KanyāCitrā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:50 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:46 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:36 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:54 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 56 Mins 07 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 03 Mins 53 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:07 – 04:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:46 – 05:50
Abhijit Muhūrta11:52 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:19
Godhūli Muhūrta18:34 – 18:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:46 – 19:19
Amṛta Kāla18:31 – 20:16
Niśīta Muhūrta23:52 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:41 – 12:18
Yamaganda15:32 – 17:09
Gulika Kāla07:27 – 09:04
Varjyam06:23 – 06:43
Dur Muhūrta 08:51 – 09:17

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:50 – 07:27 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:27 – 09:04 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:04 – 10:41 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:41 – 12:18 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:18 – 13:55 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:55 – 15:32 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:32 – 17:09 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:09 – 18:46 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:46 – 20:09 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:09 – 21:32 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:32 – 22:55 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:55 – 00:18 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:18 – 01:41 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:41 – 03:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:04 – 04:27 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:27 – 05:50 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

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

Kali Year4996
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1824473.27
Julian Day2412938.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)22.3765°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)180.85°
🪷 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 (22.3765°), declination 11.45°, EoT 0.97 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: 1894-04-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)