पञ्चाङ्ग — Mathurā · May 2, 1952 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 18.15 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
शरीरवाङ्मनोभिर्यत्कर्म प्रारभते नरः।न्याय्यं वा विपरीतं वा पञ्चैते तस्य हेतवः।।18.15।।
"18.15 Whatever action a man performs, whether by muscular effort or by speech or by thought, and whether it be right or wrong, these five are the essential causes." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2009 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1874 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1359
Malayalam Era: 1128
Nanakshahi: 483
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya18.39°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
चन्द्र Candra107.12°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala197.66°TulāSvātī P4
बुध Budha352.42°MīnaRevatī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati8.15°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra4.66°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शनि Śani166.60°KanyāHasta P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:40 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:53 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:30 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:52 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 13 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 46 Mins 38 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:54 – 04:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:33 – 05:40
Abhijit Muhūrta11:50 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:21
Godhūli Muhūrta18:41 – 19:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:53 – 19:26
Amṛta Kāla18:38 – 20:23
Niśīta Muhūrta23:50 – 00:43

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:37 – 12:16
Yamaganda15:35 – 17:14
Gulika Kāla07:19 – 08:58
Varjyam06:13 – 06:34
Dur Muhūrta 08:45 – 09:11

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:40 – 07:19 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:19 – 08:58 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:58 – 10:37 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:37 – 12:16 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:16 – 13:55 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:55 – 15:35 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:35 – 17:14 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:14 – 18:53 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:53 – 20:14 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:14 – 21:35 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:35 – 22:55 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:55 – 00:16 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:16 – 01:37 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:37 – 02:58 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:58 – 04:19 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:19 – 05:40 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Āśleṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5054
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1845669.27
Julian Day2434134.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.1871°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)89.61°
🪷 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 (23.1871°), declination 15.30°, EoT 3.04 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: 1952-05-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)