पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · April 30, 2018 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 5.3 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ज्ञेयः स नित्यसंन्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति।

निर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्प्रमुच्यते।।5.3।।
"5.3 He is a true ascetic who never desires or dislikes, who is uninfluenced by the opposites and is easily freed from bondage." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya15.56°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
चन्द्र Candra195.67°TulāSvātī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala268.63°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha348.34°MīnaRevatī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati205.21°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra42.14°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शनि Śani254.80°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:55 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:03 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:29 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:57 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:02 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 07 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 52 Mins 06 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:10 – 05:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:49 – 05:55
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 12:55
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:33
Godhūli Muhūrta18:51 – 19:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:03 – 19:36
Amṛta Kāla18:48 – 20:33
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 00:55

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:34 – 09:12
Yamaganda10:51 – 12:29
Gulika Kāla14:08 – 15:46
Varjyam06:28 – 06:49
Dur Muhūrta 08:59 – 09:25

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:55 – 07:34 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:34 – 09:12 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:12 – 10:51 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:51 – 12:29 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:29 – 14:08 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:08 – 15:46 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:46 – 17:24 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:24 – 19:03 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:03 – 20:24 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:24 – 21:46 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:46 – 23:08 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:08 – 00:29 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:29 – 01:51 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:51 – 03:12 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:12 – 04:34 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:34 – 05:55 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869773.27
Julian Day2458238.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1090°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)181.87°
🪷 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 (24.1090°), declination 14.71°, EoT 2.79 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: 2018-04-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)