पञ्चाङ्ग — Mathurā · April 12, 1988 CE

🪷 आज: पापमोचनी एकादशी — Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī
Removes mahā-pātakas (great sins).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.34 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
द्रोणं च भीष्मं च जयद्रथं च

कर्णं तथाऽन्यानपि योधवीरान्।

मया हतांस्त्वं जहि मा व्यथिष्ठा

युध्यस्व जेतासि रणे सपत्नान्।।11.34।।
"11.34 Drona and Bheeshma, Jayadratha and Karna, and other brave warriors - I have condemned them all. Destroy them; fight and fear not. Thy foes shall be crushed."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2045 Vṛṣa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1910 Vibhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1395
Malayalam Era: 1164
Nanakshahi: 519
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya358.66°MīnaRevatī P4
चन्द्र Candra298.16°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala279.97°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha349.57°MīnaRevatī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati14.62°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra44.42°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शनि Śani248.54°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:58 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:42 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:46 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:51 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 44 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 15 Mins 50 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:16 – 05:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:55 – 05:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:55 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:19
Godhūli Muhūrta18:30 – 18:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:42 – 19:14
Amṛta Kāla18:27 – 20:12
Niśīta Muhūrta23:55 – 00:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:31 – 17:07
Yamaganda09:09 – 10:45
Gulika Kāla12:20 – 13:56
Varjyam06:30 – 06:50
Dur Muhūrta 08:57 – 09:22

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:58 – 07:34 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:34 – 09:09 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:09 – 10:45 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:45 – 12:20 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:20 – 13:56 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:56 – 15:31 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:31 – 17:07 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:07 – 18:42 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:42 – 20:07 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:07 – 21:31 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:31 – 22:56 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:56 – 00:20 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:20 – 01:45 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:45 – 03:09 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:09 – 04:34 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:34 – 05:58 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5089
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1858798.27
Julian Day2447263.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.6893°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)301.78°
🪷 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 (23.6893°), declination 8.70°, EoT -1.04 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: 1988-04-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)