पञ्चाङ्ग — Mathurā · April 19, 1956 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 18.61 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां हृद्देशेऽर्जुन तिष्ठति।भ्रामयन्सर्वभूतानि यन्त्रारूढानि मायया।।18.61।।
"18.61 God dwells in the hearts of all beings, O Arjuna! He causes them to revolve as it were on a wheel by His mystic power." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.61's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2013 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1878 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1363
Malayalam Era: 1132
Nanakshahi: 487
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya5.71°MeṣaAśvinī P2
चन्द्र Candra109.66°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala279.99°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha20.07°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati118.14°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra51.92°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शनि Śani218.85°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:51 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:46 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:35 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:54 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 54 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 05 Mins 24 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:08 – 05:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:47 – 05:51
Abhijit Muhūrta11:53 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:19
Godhūli Muhūrta18:34 – 18:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:46 – 19:18
Amṛta Kāla18:31 – 20:16
Niśīta Muhūrta23:53 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:55 – 15:32
Yamaganda05:51 – 07:28
Gulika Kāla09:05 – 10:42
Varjyam06:24 – 06:44
Dur Muhūrta 08:52 – 09:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (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):
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 Śubha05:51 – 07:28 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:28 – 09:05 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:05 – 10:42 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:42 – 12:19 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:19 – 13:55 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:55 – 15:32 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:32 – 17:09 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:09 – 18:46 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:46 – 20:09 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:09 – 21:32 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:32 – 22:55 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:55 – 00:19 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:19 – 01:42 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:42 – 03:05 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:05 – 04:28 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:28 – 05:51 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Āśleṣā alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5058
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1847117.27
Julian Day2435582.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.2425°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)103.72°
🪷 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 (23.2425°), declination 11.10°, EoT 0.74 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: 1956-04-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)