पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · April 4, 1997 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: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.18 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
विद्याविनयसंपन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि।

शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः।।5.18।।
"5.18 Sages look equally upon all, whether he be a minister of learning and humility, or an infidel, or whether it be a cow, an elephant or a dog." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2054 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1919 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1404
Malayalam Era: 1173
Nanakshahi: 528
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya350.50°MīnaRevatī P2
चन्द्र Candra303.25°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala146.52°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha9.48°MeṣaAśvinī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati291.78°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शुक्र Śukra350.92°MīnaRevatī P2
शनि Śani346.95°MīnaRevatī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:20 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:50 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:35 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:49 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:04 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 30 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 29 Mins 56 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:40 – 05:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:18 – 06:20
Abhijit Muhūrta12:10 – 13:00
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:30
Godhūli Muhūrta18:38 – 19:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:50 – 19:21
Amṛta Kāla18:35 – 20:20
Niśīta Muhūrta00:10 – 01:00

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:01 – 12:35
Yamaganda15:43 – 17:16
Gulika Kāla07:54 – 09:28
Varjyam06:51 – 07:11
Dur Muhūrta 09:15 – 09:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:20 – 07:54 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:54 – 09:28 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:28 – 11:01 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:01 – 12:35 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:35 – 14:09 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:09 – 15:43 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:43 – 17:16 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:16 – 18:50 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:50 – 20:16 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:16 – 21:43 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:43 – 23:09 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:09 – 00:35 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:35 – 02:01 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:01 – 03:28 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:28 – 04:54 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:54 – 06:20 (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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862077.27 · 5098.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450542.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8147° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)315.17° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 27/30)
🪷 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 (23.8147°) · declination 5.64° · EoT -3.40 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:1997-04-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)