पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · August 12, 1870 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: पितृ पक्ष आरम्भ — Pitṛ-Pakṣa Start
Begin 16-day śrāddha period for ancestors. Bhādrapada Pūrṇimā next-day.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.28 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यतेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिर्मुनिर्मोक्षपरायणः।

विगतेच्छाभयक्रोधो यः सदा मुक्त एव सः।।5.28।।
"5.28 Governing sense, mind and intellect, intent on liberation, free from desire, fear and anger, the sage is forever free." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.28's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1927 Subhānu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1792 Pramoda
Bengali Saṁvat: 1277
Malayalam Era: 1046
Nanakshahi: 401
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya117.04°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra305.00°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala81.99°MithunaPunarvasu P1
बुध Budha134.15°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati60.09°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
शुक्र Śukra89.15°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शनि Śani241.13°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:42 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:02 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:20 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:27 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 20 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 39 Mins 58 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:55 – 04:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:35 – 05:42
Abhijit Muhūrta11:55 – 12:48
Vijaya Muhūrta14:35 – 15:28
Godhūli Muhūrta18:50 – 19:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:02 – 19:35
Amṛta Kāla18:47 – 20:32
Niśīta Muhūrta23:55 – 00:48

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:42 – 12:22
Yamaganda15:42 – 17:22
Gulika Kāla07:22 – 09:02
Varjyam06:15 – 06:36
Dur Muhūrta 08:48 – 09:15

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu:
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Tropical Ayana:
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:42 – 07:22 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:22 – 09:02 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:02 – 10:42 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:42 – 12:22 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:22 – 14:02 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:02 – 15:42 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:42 – 17:22 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:22 – 19:02 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:02 – 20:22 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:22 – 21:42 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:42 – 23:02 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:02 – 00:22 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:22 – 01:42 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:42 – 03:02 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:02 – 04:22 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:22 – 05:42 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 30.0869°
Longitude: 78.2676°
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 Year4972 · Kali-4972
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1815821.27 · 4971.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2404286.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.0455° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)190.04° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (22.0455°) · declination 15.10° · EoT -4.74 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:1870-08-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)