पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · November 24, 2006 CE

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🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.5 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
उद्धरेदात्मनाऽऽत्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत्।

आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः।।6.5।।
"6.5 Let him seek liberation by the help of his Highest Self, and let him never disgrace his own Self. For that Self is his only friend; yet it may also be his enemy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2063 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1928 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1413
Malayalam Era: 1182
Nanakshahi: 537
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya217.66°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
चन्द्र Candra254.60°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala207.41°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha197.81°TulāSvātī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati216.75°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शुक्र Śukra224.40°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शनि Śani120.83°SiṃhaMaghā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:58 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:40 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:33 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:01 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 42 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 17 Mins 45 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:32 – 06:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:05 – 06:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta14:06 – 14:49
Godhūli Muhūrta17:28 – 17:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:40 – 18:07
Amṛta Kāla17:25 – 19:10
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:41

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:59 – 12:19
Yamaganda15:00 – 16:20
Gulika Kāla08:18 – 09:39
Varjyam07:25 – 07:42
Dur Muhūrta 09:28 – 09:49

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Chala06:58 – 08:18 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:18 – 09:39 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:39 – 10:59 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:59 – 12:19 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:19 – 13:40 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:40 – 15:00 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:00 – 16:20 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:20 – 17:40 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:40 – 19:20 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:20 – 21:00 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:00 – 22:40 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:40 – 00:19 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:19 – 01:59 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:59 – 03:39 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:39 – 05:18 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:18 – 06:58 (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 Year5108 · Kali-5108
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865598.27 · 5107.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454063.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9493° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)37.72° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (23.9493°) · declination -20.48° · EoT 12.55 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:2006-11-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)