पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · July 18, 1955 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.36 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
द्यूतं छलयतामस्मि तेजस्तेजस्विनामहम्।

जयोऽस्मि व्यवसायोऽस्मि सत्त्वं सत्त्ववतामहम्।।10.36।।
"10.36 I am the Gambling of the cheat and the Splendour of the splendid; I am Victory; I am Effort; and I am the Purity of the pure." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2012 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1877 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1362
Malayalam Era: 1131
Nanakshahi: 486
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya91.42°KarkaPunarvasu P4
चन्द्र Candra71.42°MithunaĀrdrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala101.69°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha73.47°MithunaĀrdrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati104.01°KarkaPuṣya P4
शुक्र Śukra79.68°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शनि Śani201.65°TulāViśākhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:27 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:19 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:02 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:04 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 52 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 07 Mins 40 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:36 – 04:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:17 – 05:27
Abhijit Muhūrta11:55 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:42 – 15:37
Godhūli Muhūrta19:07 – 19:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:19 – 19:54
Amṛta Kāla19:04 – 20:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:55 – 00:51

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:11 – 08:55
Yamaganda10:39 – 12:23
Gulika Kāla14:07 – 15:51
Varjyam06:01 – 06:23
Dur Muhūrta 08:41 – 09:09

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:27 – 07:11 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:11 – 08:55 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:55 – 10:39 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:39 – 12:23 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:23 – 14:07 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:07 – 15:51 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:51 – 17:35 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:35 – 19:19 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:19 – 20:35 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:35 – 21:51 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:51 – 23:07 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:07 – 00:23 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:23 – 01:39 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:39 – 02:55 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:55 – 04:11 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:11 – 05:27 (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 Year5057 · Kali-5057
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1846841.27 · 5056.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2435306.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.2319° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)341.86° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (23.2319°) · declination 21.19° · EoT -5.86 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:1955-07-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)