पञ्चाङ्ग — Mathurā · August 17, 1894 CE

🪷 आज: पितृ पक्ष आरम्भ — Pitṛ-Pakṣa Start
Begin 16-day śrāddha period for ancestors. Bhādrapada Pūrṇimā next-day.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.20 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
आसुरीं योनिमापन्ना मूढा जन्मनि जन्मनि।

मामप्राप्यैव कौन्तेय ततो यान्त्यधमां गतिम्।।16.20।।
"16.20 So reborn, they spend life after life, enveloped in delusion. And they never reach Me, O Prince, but degenerate into still lower forms of life." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1951 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1816 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1301
Malayalam Era: 1070
Nanakshahi: 425
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya121.71°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra307.03°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala8.23°MeṣaAśvinī P3
बुध Budha107.04°KarkaAśleṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati68.06°MithunaĀrdrā P1
शुक्र Śukra96.38°KarkaPuṣya P1
शनि Śani179.50°KanyāCitrā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:50 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:56 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:06 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:22 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 05 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 54 Mins 50 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:06 – 04:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:45 – 05:50
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:49
Vijaya Muhūrta14:34 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta18:44 – 19:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:56 – 19:28
Amṛta Kāla18:41 – 20:26
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:49

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:45 – 12:23
Yamaganda15:39 – 17:17
Gulika Kāla07:29 – 09:07
Varjyam06:23 – 06:44
Dur Muhūrta 08:54 – 09:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:50 – 07:29 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:29 – 09:07 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:07 – 10:45 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:45 – 12:23 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:23 – 14:01 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:01 – 15:39 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:39 – 17:17 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:17 – 18:56 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:56 – 20:17 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:17 – 21:39 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:39 – 23:01 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:01 – 00:23 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:23 – 01:45 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:45 – 03:07 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:07 – 04:29 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:29 – 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)1824592.27
Julian Day2413057.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)22.3810°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)186.04°
🪷 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 (22.3810°), declination 13.49°, EoT -3.75 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: 1894-08-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)