पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · August 18, 1954 CE

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🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.

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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.27 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युर्ध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य च।

तस्मादपरिहार्येऽर्थे न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि।।2.27।।
"2.27 For death is as sure for that which is born, as birth is for that which is dead. Therefore grieve not for what is inevitable." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.27's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2011 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1876 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1361
Malayalam Era: 1130
Nanakshahi: 485
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya121.35°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra349.02°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala245.53°DhanuMūla P2
बुध Budha118.02°KarkaAśleṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati85.80°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra167.15°KanyāHasta P3
शनि Śani191.18°TulāSvātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:04 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:06 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:35 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:34 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:58 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 01 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 58 Mins 01 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:20 – 05:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:59 – 06:04
Abhijit Muhūrta12:09 – 13:01
Vijaya Muhūrta14:46 – 15:38
Godhūli Muhūrta18:54 – 19:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:06 – 19:39
Amṛta Kāla18:51 – 20:36
Niśīta Muhūrta00:09 – 01:01

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:35 – 14:13
Yamaganda07:42 – 09:20
Gulika Kāla10:58 – 12:35
Varjyam06:37 – 06:58
Dur Muhūrta 09:07 – 09:33

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ 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 Labha06:04 – 07:42 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:42 – 09:20 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:20 – 10:58 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:58 – 12:35 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:35 – 14:13 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:13 – 15:51 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:51 – 17:29 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:29 – 19:06 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:06 – 20:29 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:29 – 21:51 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:51 – 23:13 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:13 – 00:35 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:35 – 01:58 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:58 – 03:20 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:20 – 04:42 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:42 – 06:04 (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 Year5056 · Kali-5056
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1846507.27 · 5055.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2434972.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.2192° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)225.90° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (23.2192°) · declination 13.33° · EoT -3.53 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:1954-08-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)