पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · August 23, 1918 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.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.16 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
नात्यश्नतस्तु योगोऽस्ति न चैकान्तमनश्नतः।

न चातिस्वप्नशीलस्य जाग्रतो नैव चार्जुन।।6.16।।
"6.16 Meditation is not for him who eats too much, not for him who eats not at all; not for him who is overmuch addicted to sleep, not for him who is always awake." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1975 Prajāpati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1840 Kālayukta
Bengali Saṁvat: 1325
Malayalam Era: 1094
Nanakshahi: 449
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya126.38°SiṃhaMaghā P2
चन्द्र Candra317.92°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala192.09°TulāSvātī P2
बुध Budha144.82°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati76.12°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शुक्र Śukra103.71°KarkaPuṣya P4
शनि Śani117.23°KarkaAśleṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:47 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:51 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:20 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:50 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 03 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 56 Mins 30 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:03 – 04:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:42 – 05:47
Abhijit Muhūrta11:53 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:30 – 15:22
Godhūli Muhūrta18:39 – 19:03
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:51 – 19:24
Amṛta Kāla18:36 – 20:21
Niśīta Muhūrta23:53 – 00:45

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:41 – 12:19
Yamaganda15:35 – 17:13
Gulika Kāla07:25 – 09:03
Varjyam06:20 – 06:41
Dur Muhūrta 08:50 – 09:16

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 Chala05:47 – 07:25 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:25 – 09:03 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:03 – 10:41 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:41 – 12:19 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:19 – 13:57 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:57 – 15:35 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:35 – 17:13 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:13 – 18:51 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:51 – 20:13 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:13 – 21:35 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:35 – 22:57 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:57 – 00:19 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:19 – 01:41 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:41 – 03:03 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:03 – 04:25 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:25 – 05:47 (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 Year5020 · Kali-5020
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1833363.27 · 5019.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2421828.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.7165° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)189.91° · 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 (22.7165°) · declination 11.79° · EoT -2.27 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:1918-08-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)