पञ्चाङ्ग — Mathurā · April 23, 1999 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 6.37 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

अयतिः श्रद्धयोपेतो योगाच्चलितमानसः।

अप्राप्य योगसंसिद्धिं कां गतिं कृष्ण गच्छति।।6.37।।
"6.37 Arjuna asked: He who fails to control himself, whose mind falls from spiritual contemplation, who attains not perfection but retains his faith, what of him, my Lord?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2056 Nandana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1921 Pramāthi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1406
Malayalam Era: 1175
Nanakshahi: 530
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya8.62°MeṣaAśvinī P3
चन्द्र Candra101.65°KarkaPuṣya P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala190.85°TulāSvātī P2
बुध Budha342.00°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati352.45°MīnaRevatī P2
शुक्र Śukra48.42°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शनि Śani12.32°MeṣaAśvinī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:48 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:48 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:46 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:14 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 59 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 00 Mins 01 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:04 – 04:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:43 – 05:48
Abhijit Muhūrta11:52 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:20
Godhūli Muhūrta18:36 – 19:00
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:48 – 19:20
Amṛta Kāla18:33 – 20:18
Niśīta Muhūrta23:52 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:40 – 12:18
Yamaganda15:33 – 17:10
Gulika Kāla07:25 – 09:03
Varjyam06:20 – 06:41
Dur Muhūrta 08:50 – 09:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (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 Chala05:48 – 07:25 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:25 – 09:03 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:03 – 10:40 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:40 – 12:18 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:18 – 13:55 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:55 – 15:33 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:33 – 17:10 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:10 – 18:48 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:48 – 20:10 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:10 – 21:33 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:33 – 22:55 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:55 – 00:18 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:18 – 01:40 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:40 – 03:03 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:03 – 04:25 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:25 – 05:48 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5101
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862826.27
Julian Day2451291.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.8433°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)89.97°
🪷 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 (23.8433°), declination 12.33°, EoT 1.60 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: 1999-04-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)