पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · December 18, 3138 BCE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.5 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम्।

अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते।।12.5।।
"12.5 But they who thus fix their attention on the Absolute and Impersonal encounter greater hardships, for it is difficult for those who possess a body to realise Me as without one." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -3080
Śaka Saṁvat: -3215
Bengali Saṁvat: -3730
Malayalam Era: -3961
Nanakshahi: -4606
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya300.86°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra302.76°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala104.86°KarkaPuṣya P4
बुध Budha308.84°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati4.94°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra299.94°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani284.76°MakaraŚravaṇa P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:05 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:23 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:15 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:29 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 18 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 41 Mins 42 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:43 – 06:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:13 – 07:05
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta13:57 – 14:38
Godhūli Muhūrta17:11 – 17:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:23 – 17:49
Amṛta Kāla17:08 – 18:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:31 – 14:49
Yamaganda07:05 – 08:22
Gulika Kāla09:40 – 10:57
Varjyam07:31 – 07:47
Dur Muhūrta 09:29 – 09:50

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:05 – 08:22 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:22 – 09:40 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:40 – 10:57 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:57 – 12:14 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:14 – 13:31 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:31 – 14:49 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:49 – 16:06 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:06 – 17:23 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:23 – 19:06 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:06 – 20:49 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:49 – 22:31 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:31 – 00:14 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:14 – 01:57 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:57 – 03:40 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:40 – 05:22 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:22 – 07:05 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 30.0869°
Longitude: 78.2676°
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 Year-35
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)-12845.73
Julian Day575619.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)-47.8941°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)1.91°
🪷 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 (-47.8941°), declination -22.35°, EoT 2.79 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: -3137-12-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)