पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · February 17, 1958 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: महा शिवरात्रि — Mahā Śivarātri
The greatest night of Lord Śiva; cosmic dance of dissolution.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.29 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
बुद्धेर्भेदं धृतेश्चैव गुणतस्त्रिविधं श्रृणु।प्रोच्यमानमशेषेण पृथक्त्वेन धनञ्जय।।18.29।।
"18.29 Reason and conviction are threefold, according to the Quality which is dominant. I will explain them fully and severally, O Arjuna!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.29's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2015 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1880 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1365
Malayalam Era: 1134
Nanakshahi: 489
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya304.60°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra286.52°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala256.85°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha293.86°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati188.69°TulāSvātī P1
शुक्र Śukra277.88°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani241.12°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:56 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:07 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:31 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:59 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:39 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 10 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 49 Mins 42 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:27 – 06:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:00 – 06:56
Abhijit Muhūrta12:09 – 12:54
Vijaya Muhūrta14:23 – 15:08
Godhūli Muhūrta17:55 – 18:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:07 – 18:35
Amṛta Kāla17:52 – 19:37
Niśīta Muhūrta00:09 – 00:54

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:20 – 09:44
Yamaganda11:08 – 12:31
Gulika Kāla13:55 – 15:19
Varjyam07:24 – 07:42
Dur Muhūrta 09:33 – 09:55

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:56 – 08:20 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:20 – 09:44 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:44 – 11:08 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:08 – 12:31 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:31 – 13:55 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:55 – 15:19 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:19 – 16:43 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:43 – 18:07 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:07 – 19:43 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:43 – 21:19 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:19 – 22:55 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:55 – 00:31 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:31 – 02:08 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:08 – 03:44 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:44 – 05:20 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:20 – 06:56 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

12 steps · festival walk
Today is Mahā Śivarātri — its dedicated walk.
Śiva-stuti through Bhāgavata + Mahābhārata Anuśāsana.

🌌 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 Year5059 · Kali-5059
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1847786.27 · 5059.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2436251.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.2681° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)342.19° · 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 (23.2681°) · declination -12.21° · EoT -14.49 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:1958-02-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)