पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · October 18, 1971 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: नरक चतुर्दशी — Naraka Caturdaśī (Choṭī Diwālī)
Krishna slew Narakāsura, freeing 16,000 captive princesses. Day 2 of Diwali.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.35 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन।

अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते।।1.35।।
"1.35 I would not kill them, even for three worlds; why then for this poor earth? It matters not if I myself am killed." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.35's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2028 Raktākṣī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1893 Virodhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1378
Malayalam Era: 1147
Nanakshahi: 502
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya180.55°TulāCitrā P3
चन्द्र Candra166.54°KanyāHasta P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala297.67°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha187.32°TulāSvātī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati223.31°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शुक्र Śukra194.56°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani42.71°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:31 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:01 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:26 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:15 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 30 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 29 Mins 56 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:59 – 05:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:34 – 06:31
Abhijit Muhūrta11:53 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta14:11 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta17:49 – 18:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:01 – 18:30
Amṛta Kāla17:46 – 19:31
Niśīta Muhūrta23:53 – 00:39

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:58 – 09:24
Yamaganda10:50 – 12:16
Gulika Kāla13:43 – 15:09
Varjyam07:00 – 07:19
Dur Muhūrta 09:12 – 09:35

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:31 – 07:58 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:58 – 09:24 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:24 – 10:50 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:50 – 12:16 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:16 – 13:43 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:43 – 15:09 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:09 – 16:35 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:35 – 18:01 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:01 – 19:35 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:35 – 21:09 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:09 – 22:43 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:43 – 00:16 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:16 – 01:50 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:50 – 03:24 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:24 – 04:58 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:58 – 06:31 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5073 · Kali-5073
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1852777.27 · 5072.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2441242.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4590° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)345.89° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (23.4590°) · declination -9.31° · EoT 15.40 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:1971-10-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)