पञ्चाङ्ग — Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu · August 25, 2018 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 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 8.14 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अनन्यचेताः सततं यो मां स्मरति नित्यशः।

तस्याहं सुलभः पार्थ नित्ययुक्तस्य योगिनः।।8.14।।
"8.14 To him who thinks constantly of Me, and of nothing else, to such an ever-faithful devotee, O Arjuna, am I ever accessible." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya127.70°SiṃhaMaghā P3
चन्द्र Candra291.60°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala274.29°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha109.35°KarkaAśleṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati202.06°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra173.13°KanyāHasta P4
शनि Śani248.44°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:04 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:25 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:18 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:02 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 21 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 38 Mins 47 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:25 – 05:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:02 – 06:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:50 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta14:18 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta18:13 – 18:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:25 – 18:56
Amṛta Kāla18:10 – 19:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:50 – 00:39

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:09 – 10:42
Yamaganda13:47 – 15:20
Gulika Kāla06:04 – 07:36
Varjyam06:35 – 06:54
Dur Muhūrta 08:57 – 09:22

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
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 Kāla06:04 – 07:36 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:36 – 09:09 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:09 – 10:42 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:42 – 12:14 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:14 – 13:47 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:47 – 15:20 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:20 – 16:52 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:52 – 18:25 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:25 – 19:52 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:52 – 21:20 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:20 – 22:47 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:47 – 00:14 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:14 – 01:42 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:42 – 03:09 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:09 – 04:36 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:36 – 06:04 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5120 · Kali-5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869890.27 · 5119.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458355.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1135° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)163.61° · 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 (24.1135°) · declination 10.83° · EoT -1.71 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:2018-08-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)