पञ्चाङ्ग — Noida, Uttar Pradesh · September 29, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.20 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
परस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्योऽव्यक्तोऽव्यक्तात्सनातनः।

यः स सर्वेषु भूतेषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति।।8.20।।
"8.20 In truth, therefore, there is the Eternal Unmanifest, which is beyond and above the Unmanifest Spirit of Creation, which is never destroyed when all these being perish." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya162.25°KanyāHasta P1
चन्द्र Candra140.17°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala246.87°DhanuMūla P3
बुध Budha144.24°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati159.56°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra192.30°TulāSvātī P2
शनि Śani227.20°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:12 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:08 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:10 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:25 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:58 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 56 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 03 Mins 21 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:36 – 05:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:12 – 06:12
Abhijit Muhūrta11:46 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta14:09 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta17:56 – 18:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:08 – 18:38
Amṛta Kāla17:53 – 19:38
Niśīta Muhūrta23:46 – 00:34

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:40 – 15:09
Yamaganda06:12 – 07:41
Gulika Kāla09:11 – 10:40
Varjyam06:41 – 07:01
Dur Muhūrta 08:59 – 09:23

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:12 – 07:41 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:41 – 09:11 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:11 – 10:40 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:40 – 12:10 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:10 – 13:40 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:40 – 15:09 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:09 – 16:39 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:39 – 18:08 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:08 – 19:39 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:39 – 21:09 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:09 – 22:40 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:40 – 00:10 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:10 – 01:40 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:40 – 03:11 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:11 – 04:41 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:41 – 06:12 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 28.5355°
Longitude: 77.391°
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

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869195.27
Julian Day2457660.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0869°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)338.04°
🪷 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 (24.0869°), declination -2.51°, EoT 10.52 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: 2016-09-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)