पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · March 12, 2002 CE

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🪷 आज: महा शिवरात्रि — Mahā Śivarātri
The greatest night of Lord Śiva; cosmic dance of dissolution.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.28 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
अश्रद्धया हुतं दत्तं तपस्तप्तं कृतं च यत्।असदित्युच्यते पार्थ न च तत्प्रेत्य नो इह।।17.28।।
"17.28 Whatsoever is done without faith, whether it be sacrifice, austerity or gift or anything else, as called Asat' (meaning Unreal') for it is the negation of Sat,' O Arjuna! Such an act has no significance, here or hereafter."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.28's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya327.41°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra305.06°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala13.48°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
बुध Budha306.22°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati71.83°MithunaĀrdrā P2
शुक्र Śukra341.05°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani45.00°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:45 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:39 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:42 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:34 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:52 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 53 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 06 Mins 19 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:10 – 05:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:46 – 06:45
Abhijit Muhūrta12:19 – 13:06
Vijaya Muhūrta14:41 – 15:29
Godhūli Muhūrta18:27 – 18:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:39 – 19:09
Amṛta Kāla18:24 – 20:09
Niśīta Muhūrta00:19 – 01:06

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:41 – 17:10
Yamaganda09:44 – 11:13
Gulika Kāla12:42 – 14:12
Varjyam07:15 – 07:34
Dur Muhūrta 09:32 – 09:56

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
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):
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 Roga06:45 – 08:15 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:15 – 09:44 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:44 – 11:13 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:13 – 12:42 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:42 – 14:12 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:12 – 15:41 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:41 – 17:10 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:10 – 18:39 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:39 – 20:10 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:10 – 21:41 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:41 – 23:12 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:12 – 00:42 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:42 – 02:13 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:13 – 03:44 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:44 – 05:15 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:15 – 06:45 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

12 steps · festival walk
Today is Mahā Śivarātri — its dedicated walk.
Śiva-stuti through Bhāgavata + Mahābhārata Anuśāsana.

🌌 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 Year5103 · Kali-5103
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863880.27 · 5103.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452345.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8836° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)337.19° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (23.8836°) · declination -3.45° · EoT -10.49 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:2002-03-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)