पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · October 14, 1940 CE

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🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.3 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
त्याज्यं दोषवदित्येके कर्म प्राहुर्मनीषिणः।

यज्ञदानतपःकर्म न त्याज्यमिति चापरे।।18.3।।
"18.3 Some philosophers say that all action is evil and should be abandoned. Others that acts of sacrifice, benevolence and austerity should not be given up." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1997 Vijaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1862 Vikrama
Bengali Saṁvat: 1347
Malayalam Era: 1116
Nanakshahi: 471
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya177.52°KanyāCitrā P2
चन्द्र Candra332.67°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala163.27°KanyāHasta P1
बुध Budha201.92°TulāViśākhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati20.82°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra135.94°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani20.30°MeṣaBharaṇī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:17 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:47 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:02 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:24 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:22 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 30 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 29 Mins 41 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:45 – 05:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:20 – 06:17
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta13:57 – 14:43
Godhūli Muhūrta17:35 – 17:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:47 – 18:16
Amṛta Kāla17:32 – 19:17
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:25

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:43 – 09:10
Yamaganda10:36 – 12:02
Gulika Kāla13:29 – 14:55
Varjyam06:46 – 07:04
Dur Muhūrta 08:58 – 09:21

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:17 – 07:43 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:43 – 09:10 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:10 – 10:36 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:36 – 12:02 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:02 – 13:29 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:29 – 14:55 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:55 – 16:21 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:21 – 17:47 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:47 – 19:21 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:21 – 20:55 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:55 – 22:29 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:29 – 00:02 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:02 – 01:36 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:36 – 03:10 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:10 – 04:43 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:43 – 06:17 (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 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 Year5042 · Kali-5042
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1841451.27 · 5041.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2429916.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.0258° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)154.18° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (23.0258°) · declination -8.02° · EoT 14.65 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:1940-10-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)