पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · March 14, 1996 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: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.13 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
अप्रकाशोऽप्रवृत्तिश्च प्रमादो मोह एव च।तमस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे कुरुनन्दन।।14.13।।
"14.13 Darkness, stagnation, folly and infatuation are the result of the dominance of Ignorance, O joy of the Kuru-clan!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya329.94°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra257.32°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala327.95°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
बुध Budha317.23°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati260.09°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra15.06°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शनि Śani333.21°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:43 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:41 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:42 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:37 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:05 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 57 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 02 Mins 28 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:07 – 05:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:43 – 06:43
Abhijit Muhūrta12:18 – 13:06
Vijaya Muhūrta14:41 – 15:29
Godhūli Muhūrta18:29 – 18:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:41 – 19:10
Amṛta Kāla18:26 – 20:11
Niśīta Muhūrta00:18 – 01:06

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:11 – 15:41
Yamaganda06:43 – 08:13
Gulika Kāla09:42 – 11:12
Varjyam07:13 – 07:32
Dur Muhūrta 09:30 – 09:54

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:43 – 08:13 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:13 – 09:42 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:42 – 11:12 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:12 – 12:42 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:42 – 14:11 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:11 – 15:41 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:41 – 17:11 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:11 – 18:41 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:41 – 20:11 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:11 – 21:41 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:41 – 23:11 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:11 – 00:42 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:42 – 02:12 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:12 – 03:42 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:42 – 05:13 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:13 – 06:43 (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 Year5097 · Kali-5097
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861691.27 · 5097.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450156.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7999° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)289.32° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 25/30)
🪷 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 (23.7999°) · declination -2.49° · EoT -9.94 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:1996-03-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)