पञ्चाङ्ग — Pondicherry (Puducherry) · October 15, 2026 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.4 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
तत्क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक् च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत्।स च यो यत्प्रभावश्च तत्समासेन मे श्रृणु।।13.4।।
"13.4 What is called Matter, of what it is composed, whence it came, and why it changes, what the Self is, and what Its power - this I will now briefly set forth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya177.47°KanyāCitrā P2
चन्द्र Candra227.92°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala105.09°KarkaPuṣya P4
बुध Budha202.10°TulāViśākhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati117.51°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra191.31°TulāSvātī P2
शनि Śani346.30°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:00 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:52 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:35 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:00 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 52 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 07 Mins 32 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:25 – 05:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:00 – 06:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:32 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta13:55 – 14:42
Godhūli Muhūrta17:40 – 18:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:52 – 18:22
Amṛta Kāla17:37 – 19:22
Niśīta Muhūrta23:32 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:25 – 14:54
Yamaganda06:00 – 07:29
Gulika Kāla08:58 – 10:27
Varjyam06:29 – 06:48
Dur Muhūrta 08:46 – 09:10

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:00 – 07:29 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:29 – 08:58 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:58 – 10:27 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:27 – 11:56 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:56 – 13:25 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:25 – 14:54 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:54 – 16:23 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:23 – 17:52 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:52 – 19:23 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:23 – 20:54 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:54 – 22:25 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:25 – 23:56 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:56 – 01:27 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:27 – 02:58 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:58 – 04:29 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:29 – 06:00 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 11.9416°
Longitude: 79.8083°
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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pañcamī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872863.27
Julian Day2461328.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2272°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)53.20°
🪷 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 (24.2272°), declination -8.46°, EoT 14.86 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: 2026-10-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)