पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · September 18, 1963 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: शारदीय नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Śāradīya Navrātri Start
Autumn Navrātri begins; Devī Mahiṣāsura-mardinī worship for 9 nights.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.17 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
आत्मसम्भाविताः स्तब्धा धनमानमदान्विताः।यजन्ते नामयज्ञैस्ते दम्भेनाविधिपूर्वकम्।।16.17।।
"16.17 Self-conceited, stubborn, rich, proud and insolent, they make a display of their patronage, disregarding the rules of decency." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2020 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1885 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1370
Malayalam Era: 1139
Nanakshahi: 494
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya151.07°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
चन्द्र Candra153.01°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala190.97°TulāSvātī P2
बुध Budha156.17°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati354.37°MīnaRevatī P3
शुक्र Śukra156.75°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani294.73°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:17 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:33 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:27 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:38 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 16 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 43 Mins 42 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:39 – 05:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:16 – 06:17
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:17
Godhūli Muhūrta18:21 – 18:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:33 – 19:04
Amṛta Kāla18:18 – 20:03
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:50

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:25 – 13:57
Yamaganda07:49 – 09:21
Gulika Kāla10:53 – 12:25
Varjyam06:48 – 07:07
Dur Muhūrta 09:09 – 09:33

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:17 – 07:49 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:49 – 09:21 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:21 – 10:53 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:53 – 12:25 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:25 – 13:57 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:57 – 15:29 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:29 – 17:01 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:01 – 18:33 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:33 – 20:01 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:01 – 21:29 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:29 – 22:57 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:57 – 00:25 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:25 – 01:53 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:53 – 03:21 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:21 – 04:49 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:49 – 06:17 (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 Year5065 · Kali-5065
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1849825.27 · 5064.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2438290.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.3461° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)3.83° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (23.3461°) · declination 2.22° · EoT 6.61 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:1963-09-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)