पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · July 18, 1969 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 17.20 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
दातव्यमिति यद्दानं दीयतेऽनुपकारिणे।देशे काले च पात्रे च तद्दानं सात्त्विकं स्मृतम्।।17.20।।
"17.20 The gift which is given without thought of recompense, in the belief that it ought to be made, in a fit place, at an opportune time and to a deserving person - such a gift is Pure." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2026 Dundubhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1891 Saumya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1376
Malayalam Era: 1145
Nanakshahi: 500
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya91.82°KarkaPunarvasu P4
चन्द्र Candra129.83°SiṃhaMaghā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala219.38°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha86.86°MithunaPunarvasu P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati157.54°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra48.93°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शनि Śani15.02°MeṣaBharaṇī 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)08:28 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:22 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 51 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 08 Mins 15 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:36 – 04:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:18 – 05:27
Abhijit Muhūrta11:55 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:41 – 15:37
Godhūli Muhūrta19:07 – 19:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:19 – 19:53
Amṛta Kāla19:04 – 20:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:55 – 00:51

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:39 – 12:23
Yamaganda15:51 – 17:35
Gulika Kāla07:11 – 08:55
Varjyam06:02 – 06:24
Dur Muhūrta 08:41 – 09:09

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:27 – 07:11 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:11 – 08:55 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:55 – 10:39 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:39 – 12:23 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:23 – 14:07 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:07 – 15:51 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:51 – 17:35 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:35 – 19:19 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:19 – 20:35 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:35 – 21:51 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:51 – 23:07 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:07 – 00:23 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:23 – 01:39 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:39 – 02:55 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:55 – 04:11 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:11 – 05:27 (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 Year5071 · Kali-5071
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1851955.27 · 5070.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2440420.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4275° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)41.03° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (23.4275°) · declination 21.08° · 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:1969-07-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)