पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · April 5, 563 BCE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.72 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
कच्चिदेतच्छ्रुतं पार्थ त्वयैकाग्रेण चेतसा।कच्चिदज्ञानसंमोहः प्रनष्टस्ते धनञ्जय।।18.72।।
"18.72 O Arjuna! Hast thou listened attentively to My words? Has thy ignorance and thy delusion gone?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.72's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -505
Śaka Saṁvat: -640
Bengali Saṁvat: -1155
Malayalam Era: -1386
Nanakshahi: -2031
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya25.79°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
चन्द्र Candra119.98°KarkaĀśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala359.44°MīnaRevatī P4
बुध Budha36.57°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati21.72°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra67.67°MithunaĀrdrā P1
शनि Śani46.88°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:20 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:50 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:35 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:02 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:42 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 29 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 30 Mins 39 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:40 – 05:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:18 – 06:20
Abhijit Muhūrta12:10 – 13:00
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:30
Godhūli Muhūrta18:38 – 19:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:50 – 19:21
Amṛta Kāla18:35 – 20:20
Niśīta Muhūrta00:10 – 01:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:01 – 12:35
Yamaganda15:42 – 17:16
Gulika Kāla07:54 – 09:28
Varjyam06:51 – 07:11
Dur Muhūrta 09:15 – 09:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:20 – 07:54 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:54 – 09:28 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:28 – 11:01 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:01 – 12:35 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:35 – 14:09 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:09 – 15:42 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:42 – 17:16 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:16 – 18:50 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:50 – 20:16 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:16 – 21:42 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:42 – 23:09 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:09 – 00:35 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:35 – 02:01 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:01 – 03:28 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:28 – 04:54 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:54 – 06:20 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 26.49°
Longitude: 74.55°
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 Śukla Aṣṭamī + Āśleṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year2540
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)927416.27
Julian Day1515881.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)-11.9326°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)94.19°
🪷 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 (-11.9326°), declination 5.46°, EoT -3.10 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: -0562-04-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)