पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · March 18, 1948 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: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.10 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
रजस्तमश्चाभिभूय सत्त्वं भवति भारत।रजः सत्त्वं तमश्चैव तमः सत्त्वं रजस्तथा।।14.10।।
"14.10 O Prince! Purity prevails when Passion and Ignorance are overcome; Passion, when Purity and Ignorance are overcome; and Ignorance when it overcomes Purity and Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2005 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1870 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1355
Malayalam Era: 1124
Nanakshahi: 479
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya334.23°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra58.14°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala116.53°KarkaAśleṣā P3
बुध Budha307.33°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati246.00°DhanuMūla P2
शुक्र Śukra18.68°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
शनि Śani113.74°KarkaAśleṣā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:39 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:42 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:41 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:24 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:08 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 03 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 56 Mins 44 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:02 – 05:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:39 – 06:39
Abhijit Muhūrta12:16 – 13:05
Vijaya Muhūrta14:41 – 15:29
Godhūli Muhūrta18:30 – 18:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:42 – 19:12
Amṛta Kāla18:27 – 20:12
Niśīta Muhūrta00:16 – 01:05

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:11 – 15:41
Yamaganda06:39 – 08:09
Gulika Kāla09:40 – 11:10
Varjyam07:09 – 07:28
Dur Muhūrta 09:28 – 09:52

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:39 – 08:09 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:09 – 09:40 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:40 – 11:10 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:10 – 12:41 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:41 – 14:11 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:11 – 15:41 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:41 – 17:12 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:12 – 18:42 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:42 – 20:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:12 – 21:41 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:41 – 23:11 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:11 – 00:41 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:41 – 02:10 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:10 – 03:40 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:40 – 05:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:09 – 06:39 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🌌 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 Year5049 · Kali-5049
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1844163.27 · 5049.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2432628.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.1295° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)86.90° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (23.1295°) · declination -1.05° · EoT -8.76 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:1948-03-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)