पञ्चाङ्ग — Pondicherry (Puducherry) · April 19, 563 BCE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.8 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
भवान्भीष्मश्च कर्णश्च कृपश्च समितिञ्जयः।

अश्वत्थामा विकर्णश्च सौमदत्तिस्तथैव च।।1.8।।
"1.8 You come first; then Bheeshma, Karna, Kripa, great soldiers; Ashwaththama, Vikarna and the son of Somadhatta;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -505
Śaka Saṁvat: -640
Bengali Saṁvat: -1155
Malayalam Era: -1386
Nanakshahi: -2031
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya39.19°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
चन्द्र Candra311.54°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala10.26°MeṣaAśvinī P4
बुध Budha29.21°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati24.84°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra83.78°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शनि Śani48.76°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3

Pondicherry (Puducherry) — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:58 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:22 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:10 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:35 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:04 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 24 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 35 Mins 06 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:18 – 05:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:56 – 05:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta14:14 – 15:04
Godhūli Muhūrta18:10 – 18:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:22 – 18:54
Amṛta Kāla18:07 – 19:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:37 – 12:10
Yamaganda15:16 – 16:49
Gulika Kāla07:31 – 09:04
Varjyam06:29 – 06:48
Dur Muhūrta 08:51 – 09:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:58 – 07:31 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:31 – 09:04 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:04 – 10:37 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:37 – 12:10 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:10 – 13:43 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:43 – 15:16 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:16 – 16:49 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:49 – 18:22 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:22 – 19:49 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:49 – 21:16 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:16 – 22:43 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:43 – 00:10 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:10 – 01:37 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:37 – 03:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:04 – 04:31 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:31 – 05:58 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 11.9416°
Longitude: 79.8083°
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-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year2540
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)927430.27
Julian Day1515895.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)-11.9321°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)272.35°
🪷 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 (-11.9321°), declination 10.50°, EoT 0.74 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: -0562-04-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)