पञ्चाङ्ग — Mathurā · May 12, 1974 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 6.38 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति।

अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि।।6.38।।
"6.38 Having failed in both, my Lord, is he without hope, like a riven cloud having no support, lost on the spiritual road?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2031 Prabhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1896 Ānanda
Bengali Saṁvat: 1381
Malayalam Era: 1150
Nanakshahi: 505
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya27.45°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
चन्द्र Candra271.78°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala79.90°MithunaĀrdrā P4
बुध Budha36.47°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati319.85°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra344.92°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani68.91°MithunaĀrdrā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:33 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:58 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:49 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 25 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 34 Mins 09 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:45 – 04:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:25 – 05:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:49 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:30 – 15:24
Godhūli Muhūrta18:46 – 19:10
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:58 – 19:32
Amṛta Kāla18:43 – 20:28
Niśīta Muhūrta23:49 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:18 – 18:58
Yamaganda12:16 – 13:56
Gulika Kāla15:37 – 17:18
Varjyam06:06 – 06:28
Dur Muhūrta 08:41 – 09:08

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:33 – 07:13 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:13 – 08:54 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:54 – 10:35 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:35 – 12:16 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:16 – 13:56 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:56 – 15:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:37 – 17:18 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:18 – 18:58 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:58 – 20:18 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:18 – 21:37 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:37 – 22:56 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:56 – 00:16 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:16 – 01:35 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:35 – 02:54 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:54 – 04:13 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:13 – 05:33 (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 Year5076
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1853714.27
Julian Day2442179.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.4948°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)246.75°
🪷 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 (23.4948°), declination 17.99°, EoT 3.74 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: 1974-05-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)