पञ्चाङ्ग — Rāmeśvaram · October 5, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.41 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिरेकेह कुरुनन्दन।

बहुशाखा ह्यनन्ताश्च बुद्धयोऽव्यवसायिनाम्।।2.41।।
"2.41 By its means, the straying intellect becomes steadied in the contemplation of one object only; whereas the minds of the irresolute stray into bypaths innumerable." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.41's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya167.37°KanyāHasta P3
चन्द्र Candra59.79°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala180.73°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha155.55°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati19.90°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra122.14°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शनि Śani307.17°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:00 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:01 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:00 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:31 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:09 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 00 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 59 Mins 13 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:24 – 05:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:00 – 06:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta14:00 – 14:49
Godhūli Muhūrta17:49 – 18:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:01 – 18:31
Amṛta Kāla17:46 – 19:31
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:24

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:30 – 15:01
Yamaganda06:00 – 07:30
Gulika Kāla09:00 – 10:30
Varjyam06:30 – 06:49
Dur Muhūrta 08:48 – 09:12

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:00 – 07:30 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:30 – 09:00 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:00 – 10:30 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:30 – 12:00 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:00 – 13:30 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:30 – 15:01 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:01 – 16:31 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:31 – 18:01 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:01 – 19:31 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:31 – 21:01 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:01 – 22:30 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:30 – 00:00 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:00 – 01:30 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:30 – 03:00 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:00 – 04:30 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:30 – 06:00 (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 Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871757.27
Julian Day2460222.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1849°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)251.17°
🪷 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 (24.1849°), declination -4.57°, EoT 12.39 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: 2023-10-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)