पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · April 18, 1980 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: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.26 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते।

एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययाऽऽवर्तते पुनः।।8.26।।
"8.26 These bright and dark paths out of the world have always existed. Whoso takes the former, returns not; he who chooses the latter, returns.*" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2037 Śrīmukha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1902 Raudra
Bengali Saṁvat: 1387
Malayalam Era: 1156
Nanakshahi: 511
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya4.59°MeṣaAśvinī P2
चन्द्र Candra44.36°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala123.37°SiṃhaMaghā P2
बुध Budha341.61°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati126.61°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शुक्र Śukra50.09°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शनि Śani147.42°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:06 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:57 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:31 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:22 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:59 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 51 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 08 Mins 39 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:23 – 05:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:01 – 06:06
Abhijit Muhūrta12:06 – 12:57
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:31
Godhūli Muhūrta18:45 – 19:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:57 – 19:29
Amṛta Kāla18:42 – 20:27
Niśīta Muhūrta00:06 – 00:57

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:55 – 12:31
Yamaganda15:44 – 17:21
Gulika Kāla07:42 – 09:18
Varjyam06:38 – 06:58
Dur Muhūrta 09:06 – 09:31

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:06 – 07:42 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:42 – 09:18 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:18 – 10:55 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:55 – 12:31 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:31 – 14:08 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:08 – 15:44 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:44 – 17:21 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:21 – 18:57 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:57 – 20:21 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:21 – 21:44 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:44 – 23:08 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:08 – 00:31 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:31 – 01:55 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:55 – 03:18 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:18 – 04:42 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:42 – 06:06 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Caturthī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

🌌 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 Year5082 · Kali-5082
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1855882.27 · 5081.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2444347.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5777° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)38.54° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (23.5777°) · declination 10.82° · EoT 0.51 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:1980-04-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)