पञ्चाङ्ग — Raipur, Chhattisgarh · September 29, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.42 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
शमो दमस्तपः शौचं क्षान्तिरार्जवमेव च।ज्ञानं विज्ञानमास्तिक्यं ब्रह्मकर्म स्वभावजम्।।18.42।।
"18.42 Serenity, self-restraint, austerity, purity, forgiveness, as well as uprightness, knowledge, wisdom and faith in God - these constitute the duty of a spiritual Teacher." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.42's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya161.52°KanyāHasta P1
चन्द्र Candra354.59°MīnaRevatī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala128.21°SiṃhaMaghā P3
बुध Budha164.83°KanyāHasta P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati135.62°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra118.42°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शनि Śani216.54°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

Raipur, Chhattisgarh — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:53 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:53 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:53 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:31 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:59 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 00 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 59 Mins 45 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:17 – 05:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:53 – 05:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:29 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:41
Godhūli Muhūrta17:41 – 18:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:53 – 18:23
Amṛta Kāla17:38 – 19:23
Niśīta Muhūrta23:29 – 00:17

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:53 – 16:23
Yamaganda08:53 – 10:23
Gulika Kāla11:53 – 13:23
Varjyam06:23 – 06:42
Dur Muhūrta 08:41 – 09:05

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (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 · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:53 – 07:23 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:23 – 08:53 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:53 – 10:23 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:23 – 11:53 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:53 – 13:23 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:23 – 14:53 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:53 – 16:23 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:23 – 17:53 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:53 – 19:23 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:23 – 20:53 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:53 – 22:23 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:23 – 23:53 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:53 – 01:23 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:23 – 02:53 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:53 – 04:23 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:23 – 05:53 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 21.2514°
Longitude: 81.6296°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868829.27
Julian Day2457294.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0729°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)192.30°
🪷 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 (24.0729°), declination -2.22°, EoT 10.52 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: 2015-09-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)