पञ्चाङ्ग — Nāśik · November 24, 2017 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: स्कन्द षष्ठी — Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī
Kārttikeya's victory over Tāraka. Important Shaiva day in Tamil tradition.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.3 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
क्लैब्यं मा स्म गमः पार्थ नैतत्त्वय्युपपद्यते।

क्षुद्रं हृदयदौर्बल्यं त्यक्त्वोत्तिष्ठ परन्तप।।2.3।।
"2.3 O Arjuna! Why give way to unmanliness? O thou who art the terror of thine enemies! Shake off such shameful effeminacy, make ready to act!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya217.84°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
चन्द्र Candra278.32°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala175.95°KanyāCitrā P1
बुध Budha239.63°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati195.26°TulāSvātī P3
शुक्र Śukra206.45°TulāViśākhā P2
शनि Śani242.73°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:50 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:55 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:51 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:57 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 04 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 55 Mins 05 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:21 – 06:06
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:54 – 06:50
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta17:43 – 18:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:55 – 18:22
Amṛta Kāla17:40 – 19:25
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:44

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:59 – 12:22
Yamaganda15:09 – 16:32
Gulika Kāla08:13 – 09:36
Varjyam07:18 – 07:35
Dur Muhūrta 09:25 – 09:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:50 – 08:13 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:13 – 09:36 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:36 – 10:59 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:59 – 12:22 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:22 – 13:45 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:45 – 15:09 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:09 – 16:32 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:32 – 17:55 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:55 – 19:32 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:32 – 21:09 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:09 – 22:45 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:45 – 00:22 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:22 – 01:59 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:59 – 03:36 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:36 – 05:13 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:13 – 06:50 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 19.9975°
Longitude: 73.7898°
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 Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5119 · Kali-5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869616.27 · 5118.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458081.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1030° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)64.43° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 6/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (24.1030°) · declination -20.55° · EoT 12.55 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2017-11-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)