पञ्चाङ्ग — Mathurā · February 23, 1936 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.23 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
यत्र काले त्वनावृत्तिमावृत्तिं चैव योगिनः।

प्रयाता यान्ति तं कालं वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभ।।8.23।।
"8.23 *Now I will tell thee, O Arjuna, of the times at which, if the mystics go forth, they do not return, and at which they go forth only to return." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1993 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1858 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1343
Malayalam Era: 1112
Nanakshahi: 467
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya310.29°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra314.06°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala338.61°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha284.55°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati238.99°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra279.00°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani319.18°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:51 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:15 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:33 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:04 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:32 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 24 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 35 Mins 48 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:20 – 06:06
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:54 – 06:51
Abhijit Muhūrta12:10 – 12:56
Vijaya Muhūrta14:27 – 15:13
Godhūli Muhūrta18:03 – 18:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:15 – 18:44
Amṛta Kāla18:00 – 19:45
Niśīta Muhūrta00:10 – 00:56

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:50 – 18:15
Yamaganda12:33 – 13:59
Gulika Kāla15:24 – 16:50
Varjyam07:20 – 07:38
Dur Muhūrta 09:31 – 09:54

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
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 · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:51 – 08:17 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:17 – 09:42 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:42 – 11:08 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:08 – 12:33 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:33 – 13:59 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:59 – 15:24 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:24 – 16:50 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:50 – 18:15 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:15 – 19:50 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:50 – 21:24 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:24 – 22:59 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:59 – 00:33 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:33 – 02:08 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:08 – 03:42 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:42 – 05:17 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:17 – 06:51 (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 Year5037
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1839756.27
Julian Day2428221.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)22.9610°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)2.39°
🪷 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 (22.9610°), declination -10.31°, EoT -13.97 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: 1936-02-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)