पञ्चाङ्ग — Nāśik · March 8, 2018 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: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.35 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्।

स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेयः परधर्मो भयावहः।।3.35।।
"3.35 It is better to do thine own duty, however lacking in merit, than to do that of another, even though efficiently. It is better to die doing one's own duty, for to do the duty of another is fraught with danger." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.35's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya323.31°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra217.56°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala240.02°DhanuMūla P1
बुध Budha338.56°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati208.91°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra336.98°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani253.55°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:50 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:43 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:46 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:12 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:15 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 52 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 07 Mins 24 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:15 – 06:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:51 – 06:50
Abhijit Muhūrta12:23 – 13:10
Vijaya Muhūrta14:45 – 15:33
Godhūli Muhūrta18:31 – 18:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:43 – 19:12
Amṛta Kāla18:28 – 20:13
Niśīta Muhūrta00:23 – 01:10

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:15 – 15:45
Yamaganda06:50 – 08:19
Gulika Kāla09:48 – 11:17
Varjyam07:20 – 07:39
Dur Muhūrta 09:36 – 10:00

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
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 · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:50 – 08:19 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:19 – 09:48 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:48 – 11:17 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:17 – 12:46 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:46 – 14:15 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:15 – 15:45 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:45 – 17:14 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:14 – 18:43 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:43 – 20:14 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:14 – 21:45 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:45 – 23:15 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:15 – 00:46 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:46 – 02:17 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:17 – 03:48 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:48 – 05:19 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:19 – 06:50 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 19.9975°
Longitude: 73.7898°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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)1869720.27 · 5119.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458185.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1070° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)253.42° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 22/30)
🪷 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 (24.1070°) · declination -4.97° · EoT -11.53 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:2018-03-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)