पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · February 20, 1860 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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🪷 आज: महा शिवरात्रि — Mahā Śivarātri
The greatest night of Lord Śiva; cosmic dance of dissolution.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.17 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
श्रद्धया परया तप्तं तपस्तत्ित्रविधं नरैः।अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिर्युक्तैः सात्त्विकं परिचक्षते।।17.17।।
"17.17 These threefold austerities performed with faith, and without thought of reward, may truly be accounted Pure." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1917 Śrīmukha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1782 Raudra
Bengali Saṁvat: 1267
Malayalam Era: 1036
Nanakshahi: 391
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya308.77°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra289.50°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala231.76°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha311.04°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati85.01°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra344.95°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani121.29°SiṃhaMaghā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:54 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:09 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:31 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:53 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:35 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 15 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 44 Mins 58 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:24 – 06:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:57 – 06:54
Abhijit Muhūrta12:09 – 12:54
Vijaya Muhūrta14:24 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta17:57 – 18:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:09 – 18:37
Amṛta Kāla17:54 – 19:39
Niśīta Muhūrta00:09 – 00:54

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:18 – 09:42
Yamaganda11:07 – 12:31
Gulika Kāla13:56 – 15:20
Varjyam07:22 – 07:40
Dur Muhūrta 09:31 – 09:54

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 Amṛta06:54 – 08:18 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:18 – 09:42 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:42 – 11:07 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:07 – 12:31 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:31 – 13:56 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:56 – 15:20 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:20 – 16:44 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:44 – 18:09 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:09 – 19:44 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:44 – 21:20 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:20 – 22:56 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:56 – 00:31 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:31 – 02:07 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:07 – 03:42 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:42 – 05:18 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:18 – 06:54 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 30.0869°
Longitude: 78.2676°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

12 steps · festival walk
Today is Mahā Śivarātri — its dedicated walk.
Śiva-stuti through Bhāgavata + Mahābhārata Anuśāsana.

🌌 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 Year4961 · Kali-4961
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1811995.27 · 4961.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2400460.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)21.8992° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)340.27° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (21.8992°) · declination -11.23° · EoT -14.28 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:1860-02-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)