पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · May 13, 1998 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: 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 18.3 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
त्याज्यं दोषवदित्येके कर्म प्राहुर्मनीषिणः।

यज्ञदानतपःकर्म न त्याज्यमिति चापरे।।18.3।।
"18.3 Some philosophers say that all action is evil and should be abandoned. Others that acts of sacrifice, benevolence and austerity should not be given up." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.3'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 Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya28.27°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
चन्द्र Candra224.47°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala28.26°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
बुध Budha3.19°MeṣaAśvinī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati327.90°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
शुक्र Śukra346.69°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani3.17°MeṣaAśvinī P1

☀️ 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)20:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:50 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 23 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 36 Mins 11 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:59 – 04:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:39 – 05:46
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:55
Vijaya Muhūrta14:42 – 15:36
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 Kāla12:28 – 14:09
Yamaganda07:27 – 09:07
Gulika Kāla10:48 – 12:28
Varjyam06:20 – 06:41
Dur Muhūrta 08:54 – 09:20

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:46 – 07:27 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:27 – 09:07 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:07 – 10:48 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:48 – 12:28 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:28 – 14:09 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:09 – 15:49 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:49 – 17:29 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:29 – 19:10 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:10 – 20:29 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:29 – 21:49 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:49 – 23:09 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:09 – 00:28 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:28 – 01:48 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:48 – 03:07 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:07 – 04:27 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:27 – 05:46 (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)1862481.27 · 5099.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450946.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8301° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)197.50° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 17/30)
🪷 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 (23.8301°) · declination 18.29° · EoT 3.75 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:1998-05-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)