पञ्चाङ्ग — Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu · April 12, 2023 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
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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.18 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सत्कारमानपूजार्थं तपो दम्भेन चैव यत्।क्रियते तदिह प्रोक्तं राजसं चलमध्रुवम्।।17.18।।
"17.18 Austerity coupled with hypocrisy or performed for the sake of self-glorification, popularity or vanity, comes from Passion, and its result is always doubtful and temporary." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya357.71°MīnaRevatī P4
चन्द्र Candra250.09°DhanuMūla P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala74.35°MithunaĀrdrā P3
बुध Budha16.80°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati357.63°MīnaRevatī P4
शुक्र Śukra36.50°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
शनि Śani309.72°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:05 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:23 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:17 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:50 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 18 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 41 Mins 56 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:26 – 05:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:03 – 06:05
Abhijit Muhūrta11:49 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta14:17 – 15:06
Godhūli Muhūrta18:11 – 18:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:23 – 18:54
Amṛta Kāla18:08 – 19:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:49 – 00:38

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:14 – 13:46
Yamaganda07:37 – 09:09
Gulika Kāla10:42 – 12:14
Varjyam06:36 – 06:55
Dur Muhūrta 08:57 – 09:22

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical 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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:05 – 07:37 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:37 – 09:09 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:09 – 10:42 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:42 – 12:14 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:14 – 13:46 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:46 – 15:18 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:18 – 16:51 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:51 – 18:23 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:23 – 19:51 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:51 – 21:18 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:18 – 22:46 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:46 – 00:14 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:14 – 01:42 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:42 – 03:09 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:09 – 04:37 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:37 – 06:05 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5124 · Kali-5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871581.27 · 5124.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2460046.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1782° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)253.38° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 22/30)
🪷 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 (24.1782°) · declination 8.53° · EoT -1.04 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:2023-04-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)