पञ्चाङ्ग — Purī (Jagannāth) · August 28, 1869 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: बलराम जयन्ती — Balarāma Jayantī (Hala-Ṣaṣṭhī)
Birth of Bala-deva, Krishna's elder brother and Saṅkarṣaṇa.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.13 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
इदमद्य मया लब्धमिमं प्राप्स्ये मनोरथम्।इदमस्तीदमपि मे भविष्यति पुनर्धनम्।।16.13।।
"16.13 This I have gained today; tomorrow I will gratify another desire; this wealth is mine now, the rest shall be mine ere long;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1926 Citrabhānu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1791 Śukla
Bengali Saṁvat: 1276
Malayalam Era: 1045
Nanakshahi: 400
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya132.70°SiṃhaMaghā P4
चन्द्र Candra16.72°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala184.54°TulāCitrā P4
बुध Budha148.73°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati30.59°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
शुक्र Śukra164.02°KanyāHasta P2
शनि Śani229.68°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:30 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:05 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:40 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:27 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 35 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 24 Mins 20 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:49 – 04:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:27 – 05:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:22 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:44
Godhūli Muhūrta17:53 – 18:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:05 – 18:37
Amṛta Kāla17:50 – 19:35
Niśīta Muhūrta23:22 – 00:13

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:39 – 10:13
Yamaganda13:22 – 14:56
Gulika Kāla05:30 – 07:04
Varjyam06:01 – 06:21
Dur Muhūrta 08:26 – 08:51

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:30 – 07:04 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:04 – 08:39 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:39 – 10:13 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:13 – 11:47 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:47 – 13:22 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:22 – 14:56 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:56 – 16:31 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:31 – 18:05 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:05 – 19:31 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:31 – 20:56 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:56 – 22:22 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:22 – 23:47 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:47 – 01:13 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:13 – 02:39 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:39 – 04:04 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:04 – 05:30 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 19.8135°
Longitude: 85.8312°
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 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 Year4971 · Kali-4971
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1815472.27 · 4970.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2403937.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.0322° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)248.08° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 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 (22.0322°) · declination 9.77° · EoT -0.81 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:1869-08-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)