पञ्चाङ्ग — Mathurā · April 26, 1954 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 18.38 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga

विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम्।परिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम्।।18.38।।

"18.38 That which as first is like nectar, because the senses revel in their objects, but in the end acts like poison - that pleasure arises from Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 18.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2011 Plavaṅga

Śaka Saṁvat: 1876 Jaya

Bengali Saṁvat: 1361

Malayalam Era: 1130

Nanakshahi: 485

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Śravaṇa Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)	Kaulava
वार (Vāra)	Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	12.06°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P4
चन्द्र Candra	280.10°	Makara	Śravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	251.75°	Dhanu	Mūla P4
बुध Budha	358.67°	Mīna	Revatī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	61.24°	Mithuna	Mr̥gaśirā P3
शुक्र Śukra	33.93°	Vṛṣabha	Kṛttikā P3
शनि Śani	193.26°	Tulā	Svātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:45 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:49 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:17 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	00:49 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	11:30 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	13 Hours 04 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	10 Hours 55 Mins 47 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:00 – 04:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:40 – 05:45
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:51 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:28 – 15:20
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:37 – 19:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:49 – 19:22
Amṛta Kāla	18:34 – 20:19
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:51 – 00:43

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	07:23 – 09:01
Yamaganda	10:39 – 12:17
Gulika Kāla	13:55 – 15:33
Varjyam	06:18 – 06:39
Dur Muhūrta	08:48 – 09:14

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta	05:45 – 07:23 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla	07:23 – 09:01 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha	09:01 – 10:39 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga	10:39 – 12:17 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg	12:17 – 13:55 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala	13:55 – 15:33 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha	15:33 – 17:11 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta	17:11 – 18:49 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala	18:49 – 20:11 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha	20:11 – 21:33 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta	21:33 – 22:55 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla	22:55 – 00:17 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha	00:17 – 01:39 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga	01:39 – 03:01 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg	03:01 – 04:23 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala	04:23 – 05:45 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 27.4924°

Longitude: 77.6737°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Candra Walk (चन्द्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Śravaṇa alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5056
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1846393.27
Julian Day	2434858.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	23.2148°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	271.73°

🪷 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 (23.2148°), declination 13.28°, EoT 2.16 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: 1954-04-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)