पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · May 12, 1988 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 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 12.9 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
अथ चित्तं समाधातुं न शक्नोषि मयि स्थिरम्।अभ्यासयोगेन ततो मामिच्छाप्तुं धनञ्जय।।12.9।।
"12.9 But if thou canst not fix thy mind firmly on Me, then, My beloved friend, try to do so by constant practice." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2045 Vṛṣa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1910 Vibhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1395
Malayalam Era: 1164
Nanakshahi: 519
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya27.84°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
चन्द्र Candra337.28°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala299.86°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha48.49°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati21.74°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra65.00°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
शनि Śani247.80°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:46 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:10 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:28 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:02 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:09 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 23 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 36 Mins 51 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:59 – 04:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:40 – 05:46
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:55
Vijaya Muhūrta14:42 – 15:35
Godhūli Muhūrta18:58 – 19:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:10 – 19:43
Amṛta Kāla18:55 – 20:40
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:08 – 15:49
Yamaganda05:46 – 07:27
Gulika Kāla09:07 – 10:48
Varjyam06:20 – 06:41
Dur Muhūrta 08:54 – 09:21

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:46 – 07:27 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:27 – 09:07 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:07 – 10:48 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:48 – 12:28 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:28 – 14:08 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:08 – 15:49 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:49 – 17:29 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:29 – 19:10 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:10 – 20:29 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:29 – 21:49 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:49 – 23:08 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:08 – 00:28 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:28 – 01:48 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:48 – 03:07 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:07 – 04:27 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:27 – 05:46 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5090 · Kali-5090
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1858828.27 · 5089.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2447293.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.6904° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)310.90° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (23.6904°) · declination 18.14° · EoT 3.74 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:1988-05-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)