पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · December 13, 1961 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: स्कन्द षष्ठी — Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī
Kārttikeya's victory over Tāraka. Important Shaiva day in Tamil tradition.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.22 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यत्तु कृत्स्नवदेकस्मिन्कार्ये सक्तमहैतुकम्।अतत्त्वार्थवदल्पं च तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्।।18.22।।
"18.22 But that which clings blindly to one idea as if it were all, without logic, truth or insight, that has its origin in Darkness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2018 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1883 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1368
Malayalam Era: 1137
Nanakshahi: 492
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya237.48°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra303.89°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala238.48°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha236.15°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati283.85°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शुक्र Śukra227.15°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani274.91°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:05 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:19 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:12 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:04 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:11 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 14 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 45 Mins 56 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:43 – 06:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:14 – 07:05
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:32
Vijaya Muhūrta13:54 – 14:35
Godhūli Muhūrta17:07 – 17:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:19 – 17:44
Amṛta Kāla17:04 – 18:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:32

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:12 – 13:29
Yamaganda08:22 – 09:38
Gulika Kāla10:55 – 12:12
Varjyam07:30 – 07:47
Dur Muhūrta 09:28 – 09:49

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:05 – 08:22 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:22 – 09:38 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:38 – 10:55 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:55 – 12:12 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:12 – 13:29 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:29 – 14:45 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:45 – 16:02 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:02 – 17:19 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:19 – 19:02 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:02 – 20:45 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:45 – 22:29 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:29 – 00:12 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:12 – 01:55 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:55 – 03:38 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:38 – 05:22 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:22 – 07:05 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5063 · Kali-5063
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1849181.27 · 5062.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2437646.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.3214° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)64.79° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 6/30)
🪷 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 (23.3214°) · declination -23.12° · EoT 5.09 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:1961-12-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)