पञ्चाङ्ग — Mathurā · May 20, 1896 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.8 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम्।प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत।।14.8।।
"14.8 But Ignorance, the product of darkness, stupefies the senses in all embodied beings, binding them by chains of folly, indolence and lethargy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1953 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1818 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1303
Malayalam Era: 1072
Nanakshahi: 427
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya37.08°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
चन्द्र Candra124.25°SiṃhaMaghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala337.73°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha60.33°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati101.75°KarkaPuṣya P3
शुक्र Śukra24.84°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
शनि Śani203.47°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:28 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:04 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:35 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:34 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 35 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 24 Mins 19 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:39 – 04:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:20 – 05:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:49 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:32 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta18:52 – 19:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:04 – 19:38
Amṛta Kāla18:49 – 20:34
Niśīta Muhūrta23:49 – 00:43

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:16 – 13:58
Yamaganda07:10 – 08:52
Gulika Kāla10:34 – 12:16
Varjyam06:02 – 06:24
Dur Muhūrta 08:38 – 09:05

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:28 – 07:10 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:10 – 08:52 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:52 – 10:34 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:34 – 12:16 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:16 – 13:58 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:58 – 15:40 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:40 – 17:22 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:22 – 19:04 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:04 – 20:22 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:22 – 21:40 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:40 – 22:58 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:58 – 00:16 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:16 – 01:34 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:34 – 02:52 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:52 – 04:10 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:10 – 05:28 (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 Śukla Aṣṭamī + Maghā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year4998
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1825234.27
Julian Day2413699.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)22.4056°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)89.58°
🪷 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 (22.4056°), declination 20.04°, EoT 3.60 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: 1896-05-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)