पञ्चाङ्ग — Oṁkāreśvar · April 20, 1996 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: अक्षय तृतीया — Akṣaya Tṛtīyā
"Inexhaustible third"; auspicious for any new venture.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.3 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
तेजः क्षमा धृतिः शौचमद्रोहो नातिमानिता।

भवन्ति सम्पदं दैवीमभिजातस्य भारत।।16.3।।
"16.3 Valour, forgiveness, fortitude, purity, freedom from hate and vanity; these are his who possesses the Godly Qualities, O Arjuna!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya6.44°MeṣaAśvinī P2
चन्द्र Candra31.46°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala356.61°MīnaRevatī P3
बुध Budha26.20°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati263.64°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra50.78°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शनि Śani337.68°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:02 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:47 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:29 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:40 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 45 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 14 Mins 15 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:19 – 05:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:58 – 06:02
Abhijit Muhūrta11:59 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:32 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta18:35 – 18:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:47 – 19:19
Amṛta Kāla18:32 – 20:17
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:50

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:13 – 10:49
Yamaganda14:00 – 15:36
Gulika Kāla06:02 – 07:37
Varjyam06:33 – 06:54
Dur Muhūrta 09:00 – 09:26

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:02 – 07:37 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:37 – 09:13 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:13 – 10:49 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:49 – 12:24 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:24 – 14:00 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:00 – 15:36 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:36 – 17:12 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:12 – 18:47 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:47 – 20:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:12 – 21:36 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:36 – 23:00 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:00 – 00:24 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:24 – 01:49 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:49 – 03:13 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:13 – 04:37 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:37 – 06:02 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 22.2429°
Longitude: 76.1497°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Tṛtīyā + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

🌌 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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861728.27 · 5097.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450193.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8013° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)27.23° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 3/30)
🪷 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 (23.8013°) · declination 11.56° · EoT 0.97 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:1996-04-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)