पञ्चाङ्ग — Raipur, Chhattisgarh · August 11, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.1 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

मय्यासक्तमनाः पार्थ योगं युञ्जन्मदाश्रयः।

असंशयं समग्रं मां यथा ज्ञास्यसि तच्छृणु।।7.1।।
"7.1 "Lord Shri Krishna said: Listen, O Arjuna! And I will tell thee how thou shalt know Me in my Full perfection, practising meditation with thy mind devoted to Me, and having Me for thy refuge." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya114.73°KarkaAśleṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra207.63°TulāViśākhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala219.18°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha141.22°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati149.28°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra132.34°SiṃhaMaghā P4
शनि Śani225.51°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:40 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:36 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:47 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:53 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 55 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 04 Mins 05 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:57 – 04:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:36 – 05:40
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta14:18 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta18:24 – 18:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:36 – 19:09
Amṛta Kāla18:21 – 20:06
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:34

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:45 – 15:22
Yamaganda05:40 – 07:17
Gulika Kāla08:54 – 10:31
Varjyam06:13 – 06:33
Dur Muhūrta 08:41 – 09:07

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:40 – 07:17 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:17 – 08:54 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:54 – 10:31 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:31 – 12:08 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:08 – 13:45 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:45 – 15:22 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:22 – 16:59 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:59 – 18:36 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:36 – 19:59 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:59 – 21:22 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:22 – 22:45 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:45 – 00:08 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:08 – 01:31 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:31 – 02:54 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:54 – 04:17 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:17 – 05:40 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 21.2514°
Longitude: 81.6296°
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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869146.27
Julian Day2457611.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0850°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)94.47°
🪷 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 (24.0850°), declination 15.18°, EoT -4.91 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: 2016-08-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)