पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · April 16, 1962 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: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.21 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम्।

कथं स पुरुषः पार्थ कं घातयति हन्ति कम्।।2.21।।
"2.21 He who knows the Spirit as Indestructible, Immortal, Unborn, Always-the-Same, how should he kill or cause to be killed?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2019 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1884 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1369
Malayalam Era: 1138
Nanakshahi: 493
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya2.25°MeṣaAśvinī P1
चन्द्र Candra138.47°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala334.33°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha2.57°MeṣaAśvinī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati311.73°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra22.09°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
शनि Śani287.69°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:50 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:44 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:02 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:41 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 54 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 05 Mins 46 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:07 – 04:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:45 – 05:50
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:18
Godhūli Muhūrta18:32 – 18:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:44 – 19:16
Amṛta Kāla18:29 – 20:14
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:43

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:27 – 09:03
Yamaganda10:40 – 12:17
Gulika Kāla13:54 – 15:30
Varjyam06:22 – 06:43
Dur Muhūrta 08:50 – 09:16

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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 Amṛta05:50 – 07:27 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:27 – 09:03 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:03 – 10:40 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:40 – 12:17 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:17 – 13:54 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:54 – 15:30 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:30 – 17:07 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:07 – 18:44 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:44 – 20:07 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:07 – 21:30 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:30 – 22:54 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:54 – 00:17 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:17 – 01:40 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:40 – 03:03 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:03 – 04:27 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:27 – 05:50 (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 Year5064 · Kali-5064
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1849305.27 · 5063.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2437770.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.3262° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)134.45° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (23.3262°) · declination 9.89° · EoT 0.02 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:1962-04-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)