पञ्चाङ्ग — Rāmeśvaram · May 5, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.21 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
निराशीर्यतचित्तात्मा त्यक्तसर्वपरिग्रहः।

शारीरं केवलं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम्।।4.21।।
"4.21 Expecting nothing, his mind and personality controlled, without greed, doing bodily actions only; though he acts, yet he remains untainted." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya20.90°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra355.79°MīnaRevatī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala222.69°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha27.88°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati138.53°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra11.90°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शनि Śani230.85°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:55 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:24 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:09 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:21 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:36 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 29 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 30 Mins 59 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:15 – 05:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:52 – 05:55
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta14:14 – 15:04
Godhūli Muhūrta18:12 – 18:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:24 – 18:55
Amṛta Kāla18:09 – 19:54
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:34

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:43 – 15:17
Yamaganda05:55 – 07:29
Gulika Kāla09:02 – 10:36
Varjyam06:26 – 06:46
Dur Muhūrta 08:50 – 09:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 Śubha05:55 – 07:29 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:29 – 09:02 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:02 – 10:36 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:36 – 12:09 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:09 – 13:43 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:43 – 15:17 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:17 – 16:50 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:50 – 18:24 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:24 – 19:50 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:50 – 21:17 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:17 – 22:43 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:43 – 00:09 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:09 – 01:36 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:36 – 03:02 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:02 – 04:29 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:29 – 05:55 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 9.2876°
Longitude: 79.3129°
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

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869048.27
Julian Day2457513.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0813°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)336.46°
🪷 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 (24.0813°), declination 16.33°, EoT 3.35 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: 2016-05-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)