पञ्चाङ्ग — Rāmeśvaram · May 14, 2016 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 4.30 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga

अपरे नियताहाराः प्राणान्प्राणेषु जुह्वति।

सर्वेऽप्येते यज्ञविदो यज्ञक्षपितकल्मषाः।।4.30।।

"4.30 Others, controlling their diet, sacrifice their worldly life to the spiritual fire. All understand the principal of sacrifice, and by its means their sins are washed away." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 4.30's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla 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)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Maghā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	29.60°	Meṣa	Kṛttikā P1
चन्द्र Candra	123.39°	Siṃha	Maghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	220.31°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P3
बुध Budha	22.59°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	138.54°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra	22.97°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P3
शनि Śani	230.29°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:53 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:25 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:09 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	12:13 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	00:35 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 32 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 27 Mins 29 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:12 – 05:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:50 – 05:53
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:44 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:14 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:13 – 18:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:25 – 18:57
Amṛta Kāla	18:10 – 19:55
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:44 – 00:34

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	09:01 – 10:35
Yamaganda	13:43 – 15:17
Gulika Kāla	05:53 – 07:27
Varjyam	06:24 – 06:44
Dur Muhūrta	08:48 – 09:13

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: West

Rāhu Vāsa: East

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)

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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla	05:53 – 07:27 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha	07:27 – 09:01 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga	09:01 – 10:35 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg	10:35 – 12:09 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala	12:09 – 13:43 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha	13:43 – 15:17 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta	15:17 – 16:51 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla	16:51 – 18:25 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha	18:25 – 19:51 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta	19:51 – 21:17 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla	21:17 – 22:43 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha	22:43 – 00:09 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga	00:09 – 01:35 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg	01:35 – 03:01 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala	03:01 – 04:27 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha	04:27 – 05:53 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 9.2876°

Longitude: 79.3129°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śani Walk (शनि यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Maghā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869057.27
Julian Day	2457522.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0816°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	91.09°

🪷 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 (24.0816°), declination 18.69°, EoT 3.76 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: 2016-05-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)