पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · August 17, 2008 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: पितृ पक्ष आरम्भ — Pitṛ-Pakṣa Start
Begin 16-day śrāddha period for ancestors. Bhādrapada Pūrṇimā next-day.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.7 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga🪷 Sambhavāmi Yuge Yuge · Krishna's avatāra-anchor
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत।

अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदाऽऽत्मानं सृजाम्यहम्।।4.7।।
"4.7 Whenever spirituality decays and materialism is rampant, then, O Arjuna, I reincarnate Myself!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya120.54°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra302.22°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala154.39°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha137.41°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati259.90°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra139.25°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani135.47°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:05 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:07 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:36 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:06 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:19 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 02 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 57 Mins 57 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:20 – 05:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:59 – 06:05
Abhijit Muhūrta12:09 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:46 – 15:38
Godhūli Muhūrta18:55 – 19:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:07 – 19:39
Amṛta Kāla18:52 – 20:37
Niśīta Muhūrta00:09 – 01:02

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:29 – 19:07
Yamaganda12:36 – 14:13
Gulika Kāla15:51 – 17:29
Varjyam06:37 – 06:58
Dur Muhūrta 09:07 – 09:33

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Udveg06:05 – 07:42 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:42 – 09:20 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:20 – 10:58 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:58 – 12:36 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:36 – 14:13 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:13 – 15:51 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:51 – 17:29 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:29 – 19:07 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:07 – 20:29 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:29 – 21:51 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:51 – 23:13 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:13 – 00:36 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:36 – 01:58 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:58 – 03:20 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:20 – 04:42 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:42 – 06:05 (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 — 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 Year5110 · Kali-5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866230.27 · 5109.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454695.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9735° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)181.43° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (23.9735°) · declination 13.35° · 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:2008-08-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)