पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · February 16, 2068 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: होलिका दहन — Holikā Dahana
Burning of Holikā; Prahlāda saved by Hari. Eve of Holi.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.8 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्।

धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय संभवामि युगे युगे।।4.8।।
"4.8 To protect the righteous, to destroy the wicked and to establish the kingdom of God, I am reborn from age to age." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2125 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1990 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1475
Malayalam Era: 1244
Nanakshahi: 599
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya302.37°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra98.79°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala21.55°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
बुध Budha275.19°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati276.97°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra346.28°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani146.99°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:08 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:25 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:46 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:29 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:55 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 17 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 42 Mins 52 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:37 – 06:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:11 – 07:08
Abhijit Muhūrta12:24 – 13:09
Vijaya Muhūrta14:39 – 15:24
Godhūli Muhūrta18:13 – 18:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:25 – 18:53
Amṛta Kāla18:10 – 19:55
Niśīta Muhūrta00:24 – 01:09

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:11 – 15:36
Yamaganda07:08 – 08:32
Gulika Kāla09:57 – 11:22
Varjyam07:36 – 07:54
Dur Muhūrta 09:46 – 10:08

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 Śubha07:08 – 08:32 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:32 – 09:57 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:57 – 11:22 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:22 – 12:46 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:46 – 14:11 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:11 – 15:36 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:36 – 17:00 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:00 – 18:25 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:25 – 20:00 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:00 – 21:36 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:36 – 23:11 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:11 – 00:46 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:46 – 02:22 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:22 – 03:57 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:57 – 05:32 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:32 – 07:08 (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 — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5169 · Kali-5169
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1887962.27 · 5169.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2476427.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.8047° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)156.06° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (24.8047°) · declination -12.45° · EoT -14.54 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2068-02-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)