पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · March 8, 2012 CE

🪷 आज: होली — Holi (Phālguna Pūrṇimā)
Festival of colors; Holikā-dahana eve.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.19 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम्।

उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते।।2.19।।
"2.19 He who thinks that the Spirit kills, and he who thinks of It as killed, are both ignorant. The Spirit kills not, nor is It killed." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya323.85°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra138.97°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala137.76°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha341.35°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati14.13°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra8.69°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शनि Śani184.50°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:49 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:37 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:43 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:08 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:40 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 48 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 11 Mins 41 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:15 – 06:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:50 – 06:49
Abhijit Muhūrta12:20 – 13:07
Vijaya Muhūrta14:41 – 15:29
Godhūli Muhūrta18:25 – 18:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:37 – 19:07
Amṛta Kāla18:22 – 20:07
Niśīta Muhūrta00:20 – 01:07

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:12 – 15:40
Yamaganda06:49 – 08:18
Gulika Kāla09:46 – 11:15
Varjyam07:19 – 07:38
Dur Muhūrta 09:34 – 09:58

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (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):
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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:49 – 08:18 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:18 – 09:46 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:46 – 11:15 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:15 – 12:43 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:43 – 14:12 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:12 – 15:40 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:40 – 17:09 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:09 – 18:37 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:37 – 20:09 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:09 – 21:40 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:40 – 23:12 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:12 – 00:43 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:43 – 02:15 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:15 – 03:46 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:46 – 05:18 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:18 – 06:49 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Pūrva Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867529.27
Julian Day2455994.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0232°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)173.78°
🪷 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 (24.0232°), declination -4.79°, EoT -11.53 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: 2012-03-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)