पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · November 20, 1905 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: कालभैरव अष्टमी — Kālabhairava Aṣṭamī
Kālabhairava's manifestation; Kāśī-kṣetrapāla.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.8 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
अमानित्वमदम्भित्वमहिंसा क्षान्तिरार्जवम्।आचार्योपासनं शौचं स्थैर्यमात्मविनिग्रहः।।13.8।।
"13.8 Humility, sincerity, harmlessness, forgiveness, rectitude, service of the Master, purity, steadfastness, self-control;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1962 Kālayukta
Śaka Saṁvat: 1827 Viśvāvasu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1312
Malayalam Era: 1081
Nanakshahi: 436
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya214.52°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
चन्द्र Candra124.31°SiṃhaMaghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala280.22°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
बुध Budha236.27°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati40.77°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra195.18°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani305.31°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:46 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:20 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:30 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:35 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 33 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 26 Mins 23 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:22 – 06:04
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:54 – 06:46
Abhijit Muhūrta11:42 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta13:49 – 14:31
Godhūli Muhūrta17:08 – 17:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:20 – 17:46
Amṛta Kāla17:05 – 18:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:42 – 00:24

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:06 – 09:25
Yamaganda10:44 – 12:03
Gulika Kāla13:22 – 14:42
Varjyam07:13 – 07:30
Dur Muhūrta 09:14 – 09:35

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:46 – 08:06 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:06 – 09:25 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:25 – 10:44 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:44 – 12:03 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:03 – 13:22 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:22 – 14:42 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:42 – 16:01 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:01 – 17:20 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:20 – 19:01 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:01 – 20:42 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:42 – 22:22 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:22 – 00:03 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:03 – 01:44 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:44 – 03:25 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:25 – 05:06 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:06 – 06:46 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Maghā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year5007 · Kali-5007
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1828704.27 · 5006.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2417169.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.5383° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)273.33° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30)
🪷 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 (22.5383°) · declination -19.50° · EoT 13.70 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:1905-11-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)