पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · August 15, 1973 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.1 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच

धर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः।

मामकाः पाण्डवाश्चैव किमकुर्वत सञ्जय।।1.1।।
"1.1 The King Dhritarashtra asked: "O Sanjaya! What happened on the sacred battlefield of Kurukshetra, when my people gathered against the Pandavas?"" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2030 Akṣaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1895 Pramādī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1380
Malayalam Era: 1149
Nanakshahi: 504
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya118.59°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra309.40°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala7.88°MeṣaAśvinī P3
बुध Budha101.74°KarkaPuṣya P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati282.08°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शुक्र Śukra152.08°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani68.11°MithunaĀrdrā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:03 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:09 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:36 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:38 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:01 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 05 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 54 Mins 30 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:18 – 05:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:58 – 06:03
Abhijit Muhūrta12:10 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:47 – 15:39
Godhūli Muhūrta18:57 – 19:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:09 – 19:41
Amṛta Kāla18:54 – 20:39
Niśīta Muhūrta00:10 – 01:02

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:36 – 14:14
Yamaganda07:41 – 09:20
Gulika Kāla10:58 – 12:36
Varjyam06:36 – 06:57
Dur Muhūrta 09:07 – 09:33

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:03 – 07:41 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:41 – 09:20 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:20 – 10:58 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:58 – 12:36 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:36 – 14:14 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:14 – 15:52 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:52 – 17:31 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:31 – 19:09 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:09 – 20:31 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:31 – 21:52 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:52 – 23:14 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:14 – 00:36 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:36 – 01:58 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:58 – 03:20 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:20 – 04:41 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:41 – 06:03 (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 Year5075 · Kali-5075
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1853444.27 · 5074.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2441909.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4845° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)191.42° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (23.4845°) · declination 14.15° · EoT -4.18 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:1973-08-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)