पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · March 12, 2017 CE

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

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.5 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
ऋषिभिर्बहुधा गीतं छन्दोभिर्विविधैः पृथक्।ब्रह्मसूत्रपदैश्चैव हेतुमद्भिर्विनिश्िचतैः।।13.5।।
"13.5 Seers have sung of It in various ways, in many hymns and sacred Vedic songs, weighty in thought and convincing in argument." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya327.56°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra140.67°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala7.11°MeṣaAśvinī P3
बुध Budha331.96°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati176.85°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra347.69°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani243.00°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:45 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:39 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:42 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:00 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:29 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 54 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 05 Mins 45 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:10 – 05:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:46 – 06:45
Abhijit Muhūrta12:18 – 13:06
Vijaya Muhūrta14:41 – 15:29
Godhūli Muhūrta18:27 – 18:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:39 – 19:09
Amṛta Kāla18:24 – 20:09
Niśīta Muhūrta00:18 – 01:06

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:10 – 18:39
Yamaganda12:42 – 14:12
Gulika Kāla15:41 – 17:10
Varjyam07:15 – 07:34
Dur Muhūrta 09:32 – 09:56

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (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 Udveg06:45 – 08:14 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:14 – 09:44 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:44 – 11:13 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:13 – 12:42 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:42 – 14:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:12 – 15:41 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:41 – 17:10 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:10 – 18:39 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:39 – 20:10 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:10 – 21:41 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:41 – 23:12 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:12 – 00:42 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:42 – 02:13 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:13 – 03:44 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:44 – 05:14 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:14 – 06:45 (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-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 Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869359.27
Julian Day2457824.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0932°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)174.72°
🪷 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 (24.0932°), declination -3.31°, EoT -10.49 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: 2017-03-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)