पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · March 2, 2008 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.1 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच

धर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः।

मामकाः पाण्डवाश्चैव किमकुर्वत सञ्जय।।1.1।।
"1.1 The King Dhritarashtra asked: "O Sanjaya! What happened on the sacred battlefield of Kurukshetra, when my people gathered against the Pandavas?"" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya317.86°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra249.24°DhanuMūla P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala65.21°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
बुध Budha290.66°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati262.47°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra292.46°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शनि Śani130.47°SiṃhaMaghā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:55 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:34 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:45 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:57 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:23 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 38 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 21 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:22 – 06:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:57 – 06:55
Abhijit Muhūrta12:21 – 13:08
Vijaya Muhūrta14:41 – 15:28
Godhūli Muhūrta18:22 – 18:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:34 – 19:03
Amṛta Kāla18:19 – 20:04
Niśīta Muhūrta00:21 – 01:08

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:07 – 18:34
Yamaganda12:45 – 14:12
Gulika Kāla15:39 – 17:07
Varjyam07:24 – 07:43
Dur Muhūrta 09:38 – 10:02

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:55 – 08:23 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:23 – 09:50 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:50 – 11:17 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:17 – 12:45 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:45 – 14:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:12 – 15:39 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:39 – 17:07 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:07 – 18:34 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:34 – 20:07 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:07 – 21:39 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:39 – 23:12 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:12 – 00:45 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:45 – 02:17 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:17 – 03:50 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:50 – 05:23 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:23 – 06:55 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5109
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866062.27
Julian Day2454527.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9671°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)291.93°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (23.9671°), declination -7.12°, EoT -12.85 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2008-03-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)