पञ्चाङ्ग — Rāmeśvaram · April 16, 2019 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 15.7 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga🪷 Mamaivāṁśo Jīva-Bhūtaḥ · The Jīva is My Fragment
ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूतः सनातनः।मनःषष्ठानीन्द्रियाणि प्रकृतिस्थानि कर्षति।।15.7।।
"15.7 It is only a very small part of My Eternal Self, which is the life of the universe, drawing round itself the six senses, the mind the last, which have their source in Nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya1.65°MeṣaAśvinī P1
चन्द्र Candra134.92°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala46.06°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
बुध Budha334.14°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati240.16°DhanuMūla P1
शुक्र Śukra330.03°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani266.15°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:03 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:23 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:58 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:14 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 20 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 39 Mins 58 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:24 – 05:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:01 – 06:03
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta14:16 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta18:11 – 18:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:23 – 18:54
Amṛta Kāla18:08 – 19:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:37

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:18 – 16:50
Yamaganda09:08 – 10:40
Gulika Kāla12:13 – 13:45
Varjyam06:34 – 06:53
Dur Muhūrta 08:55 – 09:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:03 – 07:35 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:35 – 09:08 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:08 – 10:40 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:40 – 12:13 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:13 – 13:45 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:45 – 15:18 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:18 – 16:50 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:50 – 18:23 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:23 – 19:50 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:50 – 21:18 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:18 – 22:45 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:45 – 00:13 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:13 – 01:40 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:40 – 03:08 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:08 – 04:35 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:35 – 06:03 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 9.2876°
Longitude: 79.3129°
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 Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870124.27
Julian Day2458589.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1224°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)135.62°
🪷 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 (24.1224°), declination 9.96°, EoT 0.02 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: 2019-04-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)