पञ्चाङ्ग — Prayāgrāj (Allāhābād) · July 27, 2017 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.8 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
दुःखमित्येव यत्कर्म कायक्लेशभयात्त्यजेत्।स कृत्वा राजसं त्यागं नैव त्यागफलं लभेत्।।18.8।।
"18.8 To avoid an action through fear of physical suffering, because it is likely to be painful, is to act from passion, and the benefit of renunciation will not follow." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya100.13°KarkaPuṣya P3
चन्द्र Candra147.79°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala99.88°KarkaPuṣya P2
बुध Budha126.89°SiṃhaMaghā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati171.91°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra60.38°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
शनि Śani237.60°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:27 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:51 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:09 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:11 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:28 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 24 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 35 Mins 48 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:39 – 04:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:20 – 05:27
Abhijit Muhūrta11:42 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta14:23 – 15:16
Godhūli Muhūrta18:39 – 19:03
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:51 – 19:24
Amṛta Kāla18:36 – 20:21
Niśīta Muhūrta23:42 – 00:36

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:49 – 15:30
Yamaganda05:27 – 07:07
Gulika Kāla08:48 – 10:28
Varjyam06:00 – 06:22
Dur Muhūrta 08:34 – 09:01

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ 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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:27 – 07:07 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:07 – 08:48 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:48 – 10:28 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:28 – 12:09 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:09 – 13:49 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:49 – 15:30 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:30 – 17:10 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:10 – 18:51 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:51 – 20:10 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:10 – 21:30 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:30 – 22:49 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:49 – 00:09 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:09 – 01:28 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:28 – 02:48 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:48 – 04:07 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:07 – 05:27 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 25.4358°
Longitude: 81.8463°
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 — 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 Year5119 · Kali-5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869496.27 · 5118.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457961.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0984° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)47.44° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (24.0984°) · declination 19.20° · EoT -6.18 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:2017-07-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)