पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · March 11, 1966 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: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.44 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयापहृतचेतसाम्।

व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः समाधौ न विधीयते।।2.44।।
"2.44 While their minds are absorbed with ideas of power and personal enjoyment, they cannot concentrate their discrimination on one point." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.44's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2023 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1888 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1373
Malayalam Era: 1142
Nanakshahi: 497
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya326.64°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra200.77°TulāViśākhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala338.30°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha342.87°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati59.39°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
शुक्र Śukra284.19°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani327.17°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:33 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:22 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:28 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:40 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:29 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 49 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 10 Mins 38 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:58 – 05:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:34 – 06:33
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:13
Godhūli Muhūrta18:10 – 18:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:22 – 18:52
Amṛta Kāla18:07 – 19:52
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:51

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:59 – 12:28
Yamaganda15:25 – 16:54
Gulika Kāla08:02 – 09:30
Varjyam07:03 – 07:21
Dur Muhūrta 09:19 – 09:42

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ 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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:33 – 08:02 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:02 – 09:30 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:30 – 10:59 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:59 – 12:28 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:28 – 13:56 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:56 – 15:25 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:25 – 16:54 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:54 – 18:22 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:22 – 19:54 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:54 – 21:25 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:25 – 22:56 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:56 – 00:28 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:28 – 01:59 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:59 – 03:30 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:30 – 05:02 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:02 – 06:33 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5067 · Kali-5067
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1850730.27 · 5067.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2439195.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.3807° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)231.89° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (23.3807°) · declination -3.95° · EoT -10.76 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:1966-03-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)