पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · April 22, 1998 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 17.10 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
यातयामं गतरसं पूति पर्युषितं च यत्।उच्छिष्टमपि चामेध्यं भोजनं तामसप्रियम्।।17.10।।
"17.10 The Ignorant love food which is stale, not nourishing, putrid and corrupt, the leavings of others and unclean." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya7.89°MeṣaAśvinī P3
चन्द्र Candra306.08°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala12.91°MeṣaAśvinī P4
बुध Budha346.17°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati323.91°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra323.13°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani0.59°MeṣaAśvinī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:02 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:59 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:44 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:03 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 56 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 03 Mins 24 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:19 – 05:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:57 – 06:02
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 12:56
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:32
Godhūli Muhūrta18:47 – 19:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:59 – 19:31
Amṛta Kāla18:44 – 20:29
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 00:56

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:30 – 14:07
Yamaganda07:39 – 09:16
Gulika Kāla10:53 – 12:30
Varjyam06:34 – 06:55
Dur Muhūrta 09:03 – 09:29

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:02 – 07:39 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:39 – 09:16 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:16 – 10:53 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:53 – 12:30 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:30 – 14:07 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:07 – 15:45 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:45 – 17:22 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:22 – 18:59 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:59 – 20:22 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:22 – 21:45 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:45 – 23:07 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:07 – 00:30 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:30 – 01:53 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:53 – 03:16 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:16 – 04:39 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:39 – 06:02 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5100 · Kali-5100
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862460.27 · 5099.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450925.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8293° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)301.18° · 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 (23.8293°) · declination 12.07° · EoT 1.40 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:1998-04-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)