पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · February 28, 1946 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: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.17 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति।शुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्ितमान्यः स मे प्रियः।।12.17।।
"12.17 He who is beyond joy and hate, who neither laments nor desires, to whom good and evil fortunes are the same, such a one is My beloved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2003 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1868 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1353
Malayalam Era: 1122
Nanakshahi: 477
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya315.75°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra269.65°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala82.01°MithunaPunarvasu P1
बुध Budha330.45°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati184.96°TulāCitrā P4
शुक्र Śukra322.95°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani85.54°MithunaPunarvasu P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:46 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:15 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:36 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 29 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 30 Mins 44 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:14 – 06:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:48 – 06:46
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 12:53
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:11
Godhūli Muhūrta18:03 – 18:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:15 – 18:44
Amṛta Kāla18:00 – 19:45
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 00:53

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:56 – 15:22
Yamaganda06:46 – 08:12
Gulika Kāla09:38 – 11:04
Varjyam07:14 – 07:33
Dur Muhūrta 09:26 – 09:49

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:46 – 08:12 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:12 – 09:38 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:38 – 11:04 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:04 – 12:30 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:30 – 13:56 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:56 – 15:22 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:22 – 16:49 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:49 – 18:15 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:15 – 19:49 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:49 – 21:22 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:22 – 22:56 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:56 – 00:30 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:30 – 02:04 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:04 – 03:38 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:38 – 05:12 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:12 – 06:46 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5047 · Kali-5047
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1843414.27 · 5047.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2431879.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.1009° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)313.84° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 27/30)
🪷 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 (23.1009°) · declination -8.25° · EoT -13.22 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:1946-02-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)