पञ्चाङ्ग — Mathurā · April 24, 1988 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 11.46 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रहस्त

मिच्छामि त्वां द्रष्टुमहं तथैव।

तेनैव रूपेण चतुर्भुजेन

सहस्रबाहो भव विश्वमूर्ते।।11.46।।
"11.46 I long to see Thee as thou wert before, with the crown, the sceptre and the discus in Thy hands; in Thy other Form, with Thy four hands, O Thou Whose arms are countless and Whose forms are infinite." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.46's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2045 Vṛṣa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1910 Vibhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1395
Malayalam Era: 1164
Nanakshahi: 519
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya10.39°MeṣaAśvinī P4
चन्द्र Candra101.62°KarkaPuṣya P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala288.00°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
बुध Budha14.38°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati17.46°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra54.49°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
शनि Śani248.41°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:46 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:49 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:38 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:06 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 02 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 57 Mins 34 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:02 – 04:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:41 – 05:46
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:20
Godhūli Muhūrta18:37 – 19:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:49 – 19:21
Amṛta Kāla18:34 – 20:19
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:11 – 18:49
Yamaganda12:18 – 13:55
Gulika Kāla15:33 – 17:11
Varjyam06:19 – 06:40
Dur Muhūrta 08:49 – 09:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (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 · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:46 – 07:24 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:24 – 09:02 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:02 – 10:40 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:40 – 12:18 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:18 – 13:55 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:55 – 15:33 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:33 – 17:11 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:11 – 18:49 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:49 – 20:11 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:11 – 21:33 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:33 – 22:55 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:55 – 00:18 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:18 – 01:40 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:40 – 03:02 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:02 – 04:24 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:24 – 05:46 (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-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5090
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1858810.27
Julian Day2447275.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.6897°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)90.19°
🪷 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 (23.6897°), declination 12.88°, EoT 1.80 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: 1988-04-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)