पञ्चाङ्ग — Mathurā · April 12, 1896 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 13.5 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
ऋषिभिर्बहुधा गीतं छन्दोभिर्विविधैः पृथक्।ब्रह्मसूत्रपदैश्चैव हेतुमद्भिर्विनिश्िचतैः।।13.5।।
"13.5 Seers have sung of It in various ways, in many hymns and sacred Vedic songs, weighty in thought and convincing in argument." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1953 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1818 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1303
Malayalam Era: 1072
Nanakshahi: 427
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya0.22°MeṣaAśvinī P1
चन्द्र Candra347.77°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala308.97°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
बुध Budha354.82°MīnaRevatī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati97.76°KarkaPuṣya P2
शुक्र Śukra338.31°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani206.21°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:58 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:43 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:19 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:42 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 44 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 15 Mins 24 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:16 – 05:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:54 – 05:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:55 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:19
Godhūli Muhūrta18:31 – 18:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:43 – 19:15
Amṛta Kāla18:28 – 20:13
Niśīta Muhūrta23:55 – 00:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:07 – 18:43
Yamaganda12:20 – 13:56
Gulika Kāla15:31 – 17:07
Varjyam06:30 – 06:50
Dur Muhūrta 08:56 – 09:22

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (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 · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:58 – 07:34 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:34 – 09:09 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:09 – 10:45 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:45 – 12:20 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:20 – 13:56 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:56 – 15:31 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:31 – 17:07 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:07 – 18:43 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:43 – 20:07 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:07 – 21:31 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:31 – 22:56 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:56 – 00:20 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:20 – 01:45 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:45 – 03:09 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:09 – 04:34 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:34 – 05:58 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year4997
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1825196.27
Julian Day2413661.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)22.4041°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)347.43°
🪷 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 (22.4041°), declination 8.80°, EoT -1.04 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: 1896-04-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)