पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · April 8, 1978 CE

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🪷 आज: चैत्र नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Caitra Navrātri Start (Gudhi Padwā)
Spring Navrātri begins; Vasanta-pakṣa Devī worship. Maharashtra: Gudhi Padwā. South: Ugadi. Sindhi: Cheti Chand.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.16 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन।

आर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी ज्ञानी च भरतर्षभ।।7.16।।
"7.16 O Arjuna! The righteous who worship Me are grouped by stages: first, they who suffer, next they who desire knowledge, then they who thirst after truth, and lastly they who attain wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2035 Prajāpati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1900 Kālayukta
Bengali Saṁvat: 1385
Malayalam Era: 1154
Nanakshahi: 509
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya354.31°MīnaRevatī P3
चन्द्र Candra359.20°MīnaRevatī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala95.85°KarkaPuṣya P1
बुध Budha0.97°MeṣaAśvinī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati65.65°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
शुक्र Śukra13.14°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शनि Śani120.30°SiṃhaMaghā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:16 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:52 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:34 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:33 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:14 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 35 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 24 Mins 23 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:35 – 05:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:13 – 06:16
Abhijit Muhūrta12:09 – 12:59
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:30
Godhūli Muhūrta18:40 – 19:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:52 – 19:23
Amṛta Kāla18:37 – 20:22
Niśīta Muhūrta00:09 – 00:59

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:25 – 11:00
Yamaganda14:08 – 15:43
Gulika Kāla06:16 – 07:51
Varjyam06:48 – 07:08
Dur Muhūrta 09:12 – 09:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:16 – 07:51 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:51 – 09:25 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:25 – 11:00 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:00 – 12:34 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:34 – 14:08 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:08 – 15:43 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:43 – 17:17 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:17 – 18:52 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:52 – 20:17 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:17 – 21:43 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:43 – 23:08 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:08 – 00:34 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:34 – 02:00 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:00 – 03:25 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:25 – 04:51 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:51 – 06:16 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pratipada + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

🌌 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 Year5079 · Kali-5079
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1855141.27 · 5079.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2443606.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5494° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)6.86° · 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 (23.5494°) · declination 7.01° · EoT -2.19 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:1978-04-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)