पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · February 26, 1936 CE

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🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.26 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते।

एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययाऽऽवर्तते पुनः।।8.26।।
"8.26 These bright and dark paths out of the world have always existed. Whoso takes the former, returns not; he who chooses the latter, returns.*" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1993 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1858 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1343
Malayalam Era: 1112
Nanakshahi: 467
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya313.31°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra359.23°MīnaRevatī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala340.92°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
बुध Budha287.35°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati239.38°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra282.68°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शनि Śani319.55°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:00 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:31 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:45 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:29 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:09 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 30 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 29 Mins 31 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:28 – 06:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:03 – 07:00
Abhijit Muhūrta12:22 – 13:08
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta18:19 – 18:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:31 – 18:59
Amṛta Kāla18:16 – 20:01
Niśīta Muhūrta00:22 – 01:08

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:45 – 14:12
Yamaganda08:26 – 09:53
Gulika Kāla11:19 – 12:45
Varjyam07:29 – 07:47
Dur Muhūrta 09:41 – 10:04

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:00 – 08:26 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:26 – 09:53 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:53 – 11:19 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:19 – 12:45 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:45 – 14:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:12 – 15:38 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:38 – 17:04 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:04 – 18:31 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:31 – 20:04 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:04 – 21:38 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:38 – 23:12 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:12 – 00:45 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:45 – 02:19 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:19 – 03:53 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:53 – 05:26 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:26 – 07:00 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 26.49°
Longitude: 74.55°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5037 · Kali-5037
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1839759.27 · 5037.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2428224.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.9611° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)42.80° · 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 (22.9611°) · declination -9.21° · EoT -13.55 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:1936-02-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)