पञ्चाङ्ग — Noida, Uttar Pradesh · April 15, 2020 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 5.18 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
विद्याविनयसंपन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि।

शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः।।5.18।।
"5.18 Sages look equally upon all, whether he be a minister of learning and humility, or an infidel, or whether it be a cow, an elephant or a dog." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya1.40°MeṣaAśvinī P1
चन्द्र Candra272.36°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala286.20°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha341.76°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati271.77°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra45.11°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शनि Śani277.24°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:55 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:46 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:09 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:40 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 51 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 08 Mins 49 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:12 – 05:04
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:51 – 05:55
Abhijit Muhūrta11:55 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:29 – 15:21
Godhūli Muhūrta18:34 – 18:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:46 – 19:18
Amṛta Kāla18:31 – 20:16
Niśīta Muhūrta23:55 – 00:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:21 – 13:57
Yamaganda07:31 – 09:08
Gulika Kāla10:44 – 12:21
Varjyam06:27 – 06:48
Dur Muhūrta 08:55 – 09:21

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:55 – 07:31 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:31 – 09:08 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:08 – 10:44 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:44 – 12:21 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:21 – 13:57 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:57 – 15:33 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:33 – 17:10 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:10 – 18:46 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:46 – 20:10 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:10 – 21:33 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:33 – 22:57 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:57 – 00:21 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:21 – 01:44 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:44 – 03:08 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:08 – 04:31 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:31 – 05:55 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 28.5355°
Longitude: 77.391°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Uttara Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870489.27
Julian Day2458954.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1364°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)268.03°
🪷 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 (24.1364°), declination 9.87°, EoT -0.24 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: 2020-04-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)