पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · February 22, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.21 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः।

स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते।।3.21।।
"3.21 For whatever a great man does, others imitate. People conform to the standard which he has set." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya309.25°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra22.61°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala231.71°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha312.73°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati208.55°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra319.52°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
शनि Śani252.53°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:03 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:29 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:46 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:02 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:17 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 26 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 33 Mins 52 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:31 – 06:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:06 – 07:03
Abhijit Muhūrta12:23 – 13:09
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta18:17 – 18:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:29 – 18:58
Amṛta Kāla18:14 – 19:59
Niśīta Muhūrta00:23 – 01:09

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:12 – 15:37
Yamaganda07:03 – 08:29
Gulika Kāla09:54 – 11:20
Varjyam07:31 – 07:50
Dur Muhūrta 09:43 – 10:06

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:03 – 08:29 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:29 – 09:54 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:54 – 11:20 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:20 – 12:46 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:46 – 14:12 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:12 – 15:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:37 – 17:03 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:03 – 18:29 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:29 – 20:03 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:03 – 21:37 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:37 – 23:12 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:12 – 00:46 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:46 – 02:20 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:20 – 03:54 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:54 – 05:29 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:29 – 07:03 (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 Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869706.27
Julian Day2458171.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1064°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)75.48°
🪷 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 (24.1064°), declination -10.27°, EoT -14.08 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: 2018-02-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)