पञ्चाङ्ग — Rāmeśvaram · October 20, 2001 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: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.11 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
अथैतदप्यशक्तोऽसि कर्तुं मद्योगमाश्रितः।सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं ततः कुरु यतात्मवान्।।12.11।।
"12.11 And if thou art too weak even for this, then seek refuge in union with Me, and with perfect self-control renounce the fruit of thy action." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2058 Jaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1923 Vṛṣa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1408
Malayalam Era: 1177
Nanakshahi: 532
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya182.84°TulāCitrā P3
चन्द्र Candra225.25°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala270.92°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha171.24°KanyāHasta P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati81.42°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra161.78°KanyāHasta P1
शनि Śani50.53°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:00 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:54 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:59 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:34 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 53 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 06 Mins 46 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:25 – 05:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:01 – 06:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:33 – 12:21
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:43
Godhūli Muhūrta17:42 – 18:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:54 – 18:23
Amṛta Kāla17:39 – 19:24
Niśīta Muhūrta23:33 – 00:21

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:59 – 10:28
Yamaganda13:26 – 14:55
Gulika Kāla06:00 – 07:30
Varjyam06:30 – 06:49
Dur Muhūrta 08:47 – 09:11

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
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 · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:00 – 07:30 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:30 – 08:59 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:59 – 10:28 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:28 – 11:57 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:57 – 13:26 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:26 – 14:55 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:55 – 16:25 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:25 – 17:54 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:54 – 19:25 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:25 – 20:55 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:55 – 22:26 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:26 – 23:57 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:57 – 01:28 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:28 – 02:59 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:59 – 04:30 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:30 – 06:00 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 9.2876°
Longitude: 79.3129°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5103 · Kali-5103
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863737.27 · 5102.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452202.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8782° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)42.40° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (23.8782°) · declination -10.30° · EoT 15.70 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:2001-10-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)