पञ्चाङ्ग — Meerut, Uttar Pradesh · May 12, 2019 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 16.13 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
इदमद्य मया लब्धमिमं प्राप्स्ये मनोरथम्।इदमस्तीदमपि मे भविष्यति पुनर्धनम्।।16.13।।
"16.13 This I have gained today; tomorrow I will gratify another desire; this wealth is mine now, the rest shall be mine ere long;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya26.93°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
चन्द्र Candra116.83°KarkaAśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala63.01°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
बुध Budha15.56°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati238.73°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra1.54°MeṣaAśvinī P1
शनि Śani266.20°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4

Meerut, Uttar Pradesh — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:30 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:01 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:39 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:51 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 31 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 28 Mins 48 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:42 – 04:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:22 – 05:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:31 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta18:49 – 19:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:01 – 19:35
Amṛta Kāla18:46 – 20:31
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:20 – 19:01
Yamaganda12:15 – 13:57
Gulika Kāla15:38 – 17:20
Varjyam06:04 – 06:25
Dur Muhūrta 08:39 – 09:06

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
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 · 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 Udveg05:30 – 07:11 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:11 – 08:53 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:53 – 10:34 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:34 – 12:15 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:15 – 13:57 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:57 – 15:38 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:38 – 17:20 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:20 – 19:01 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:01 – 20:20 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:20 – 21:38 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:38 – 22:57 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:57 – 00:15 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:15 – 01:34 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:34 – 02:53 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:53 – 04:11 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:11 – 05:30 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 28.9845°
Longitude: 77.7064°
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 + Āśleṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870150.27
Julian Day2458615.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1234°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)90.76°
🪷 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 (24.1234°), declination 18.02°, 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: 2019-05-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)