पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · May 13, 2008 CE

🪷 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 2.26 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अथ चैनं नित्यजातं नित्यं वा मन्यसे मृतम्।

तथापि त्वं महाबाहो नैवं शोचितुमर्हसि।।2.26।।
"2.26 Even if thou thinkest of It as constantly being born, constantly dying, even then, O Mighty Man, thou still hast no cause to grieve." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya28.69°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
चन्द्र Candra129.29°SiṃhaMaghā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala97.65°KarkaPuṣya P2
बुध Budha50.33°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati269.00°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra21.29°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
शनि Śani127.59°SiṃhaMaghā P3

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)12:47 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:34 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 24 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 35 Mins 32 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:59 – 04:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:39 – 05:46
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:55
Vijaya Muhūrta14:42 – 15:36
Godhūli Muhūrta18:58 – 19:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:10 – 19:44
Amṛta Kāla18:55 – 20:40
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:55

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:49 – 17:30
Yamaganda09:07 – 10:47
Gulika Kāla12:28 – 14:09
Varjyam06:19 – 06:41
Dur Muhūrta 08:54 – 09:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
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):
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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:46 – 07:26 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:26 – 09:07 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:07 – 10:47 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:47 – 12:28 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:28 – 14:09 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:09 – 15:49 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:49 – 17:30 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:30 – 19:10 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:10 – 20:30 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:30 – 21:49 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:49 – 23:09 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:09 – 00:28 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:28 – 01:47 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:47 – 03:07 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:07 – 04:26 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:26 – 05:46 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Maghā alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866134.27
Julian Day2454599.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9698°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)97.70°
🪷 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 (23.9698°), declination 18.43°, EoT 3.75 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: 2008-05-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)