पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · October 8, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.44 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयापहृतचेतसाम्।

व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः समाधौ न विधीयते।।2.44।।
"2.44 While their minds are absorbed with ideas of power and personal enjoyment, they cannot concentrate their discrimination on one point." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.44's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya170.32°KanyāHasta P4
चन्द्र Candra96.69°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala182.74°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha160.83°KanyāHasta P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati19.60°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra124.61°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शनि Śani307.03°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:26 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:40 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:09 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 44 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 15 Mins 24 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:52 – 05:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:28 – 06:26
Abhijit Muhūrta11:55 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:16 – 15:03
Godhūli Muhūrta17:59 – 18:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:11 – 18:40
Amṛta Kāla17:56 – 19:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:55 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:43 – 18:11
Yamaganda12:19 – 13:47
Gulika Kāla15:15 – 16:43
Varjyam06:56 – 07:14
Dur Muhūrta 09:11 – 09:34

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:26 – 07:54 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:54 – 09:22 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:22 – 10:50 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:50 – 12:19 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:19 – 13:47 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:47 – 15:15 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:15 – 16:43 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:43 – 18:11 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:11 – 19:43 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:43 – 21:15 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:15 – 22:47 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:47 – 00:19 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:19 – 01:50 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:50 – 03:22 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:22 – 04:54 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:54 – 06:26 (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

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871760.27
Julian Day2460225.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1850°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)284.53°
🪷 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 (24.1850°), declination -5.72°, EoT 13.23 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: 2023-10-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)