पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · March 18, 1954 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: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.27 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
यज्ञे तपसि दाने च स्थितिः सदिति चोच्यते।कर्म चैव तदर्थीयं सदित्येवाभिधीयते।।17.27।।
"17.27 Conviction in sacrifice, in austerity and in giving is also called Sat.' So too an action done only for the Lord's sake." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.27's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2011 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1876 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1361
Malayalam Era: 1130
Nanakshahi: 485
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya333.69°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra137.22°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala236.34°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha309.75°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati55.36°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
शुक्र Śukra345.82°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani195.80°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:25 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:27 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:59 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:40 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 02 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 58 Mins 00 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:48 – 05:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:25 – 06:25
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:14
Godhūli Muhūrta18:15 – 18:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:27 – 18:57
Amṛta Kāla18:12 – 19:57
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:50

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:56 – 15:26
Yamaganda06:25 – 07:55
Gulika Kāla09:25 – 10:55
Varjyam06:55 – 07:14
Dur Muhūrta 09:13 – 09:37

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:25 – 07:55 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:55 – 09:25 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:25 – 10:55 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:55 – 12:26 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:26 – 13:56 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:56 – 15:26 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:26 – 16:56 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:56 – 18:27 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:27 – 19:56 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:56 – 21:26 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:26 – 22:56 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:56 – 00:26 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:26 – 01:55 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:55 – 03:25 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:25 – 04:55 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:55 – 06:25 (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 Year5055 · Kali-5055
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1846354.27 · 5055.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2434819.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.2133° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)163.85° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 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 (23.2133°) · declination -1.23° · EoT -8.76 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:1954-03-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)