पञ्चाङ्ग — Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu · August 28, 2015 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: ओणम् (वामन-बलि स्मरण) — Onam (Vāmana / King Bali)
Kerala festival; King Bali's annual return to Kerala. Aligned with Thiru-Onam (Śravaṇa nakshatra in Bhādrapada).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.10 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न द्वेष्ट्यकुशलं कर्म कुशले नानुषज्जते।त्यागी सत्त्वसमाविष्टो मेधावी छिन्नसंशयः।।18.10।।
"18.10 The wise man who has attained purity, whose doubts are solved, who is filled with the spirit of self-abnegation, does not shrink from action because it brings pain, nor does he desire it because it brings pleasure." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya130.37°SiṃhaMaghā P4
चन्द्र Candra286.11°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala108.00°KarkaAśleṣā P1
बुध Budha156.19°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati128.77°SiṃhaMaghā P3
शुक्र Śukra111.72°KarkaAśleṣā P2
शनि Śani214.52°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

☀️ Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:04 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:24 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:46 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:27 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 19 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 40 Mins 05 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:25 – 05:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:02 – 06:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:49 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta14:17 – 15:06
Godhūli Muhūrta18:12 – 18:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:24 – 18:54
Amṛta Kāla18:09 – 19:54
Niśīta Muhūrta23:49 – 00:38

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:41 – 12:14
Yamaganda15:19 – 16:51
Gulika Kāla07:36 – 09:09
Varjyam06:34 – 06:54
Dur Muhūrta 08:56 – 09:21

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:04 – 07:36 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:36 – 09:09 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:09 – 10:41 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:41 – 12:14 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:14 – 13:46 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:46 – 15:19 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:19 – 16:51 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:51 – 18:24 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:24 – 19:51 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:51 – 21:19 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:19 – 22:46 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:46 – 00:14 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:14 – 01:41 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:41 – 03:09 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:09 – 04:36 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:36 – 06:04 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 9.2885°
Longitude: 79.3127°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5117 · Kali-5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868797.27 · 5116.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457262.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0717° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)156.13° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 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 (24.0717°) · declination 9.88° · EoT -0.81 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:2015-08-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)