पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · May 8, 1987 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
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 2.61 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
तानि सर्वाणि संयम्य युक्त आसीत मत्परः।

वशे हि यस्येन्द्रियाणि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता।।2.61।।
"2.61 Restraining them all, let him meditate steadfastly on Me; for who thus conquers his senses achieves perfection." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.61's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2044 Vikrama
Śaka Saṁvat: 1909 Prabhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1394
Malayalam Era: 1163
Nanakshahi: 518
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya23.26°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra135.01°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala57.99°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
बुध Budha24.04°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati352.80°MīnaRevatī P2
शुक्र Śukra355.10°MīnaRevatī P3
शनि Śani236.04°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:49 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:07 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:28 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:36 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:15 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 17 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 42 Mins 29 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:03 – 04:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:43 – 05:49
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:55
Vijaya Muhūrta14:41 – 15:34
Godhūli Muhūrta18:55 – 19:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:07 – 19:40
Amṛta Kāla18:52 – 20:37
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:49 – 12:28
Yamaganda15:48 – 17:27
Gulika Kāla07:29 – 09:09
Varjyam06:23 – 06:44
Dur Muhūrta 08:56 – 09:22

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:49 – 07:29 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:29 – 09:09 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:09 – 10:49 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:49 – 12:28 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:28 – 14:08 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:08 – 15:48 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:48 – 17:27 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:27 – 19:07 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:07 – 20:27 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:27 – 21:48 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:48 – 23:08 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:08 – 00:28 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:28 – 01:49 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:49 – 03:09 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:09 – 04:29 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:29 – 05:49 (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 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 Year5089 · Kali-5089
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1858458.27 · 5088.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2446923.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.6763° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)112.92° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 10/30)
🪷 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 (23.6763°) · declination 16.89° · EoT 3.58 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:1987-05-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)