पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · May 2, 1973 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: 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 17.2 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाचत्रिविधा भवति श्रद्धा देहिनां सा स्वभावजा।सात्त्विकी राजसी चैव तामसी चेति तां श्रृणु।।17.2।।
"17.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Man has an inherent faith in one or another of the Qualities -Purity, Passion and Ignorance. Now listen." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2030 Akṣaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1895 Pramādī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1380
Malayalam Era: 1149
Nanakshahi: 504
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya18.02°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
चन्द्र Candra6.57°MeṣaAśvinī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala302.55°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha359.41°MīnaRevatī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati287.79°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शुक्र Śukra24.19°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
शनि Śani55.35°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:33 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:54 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:58 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:58 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 20 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 39 Mins 03 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:47 – 04:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:27 – 05:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:47 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta14:27 – 15:21
Godhūli Muhūrta18:42 – 19:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:54 – 19:28
Amṛta Kāla18:39 – 20:24
Niśīta Muhūrta23:47 – 00:41

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:14 – 13:54
Yamaganda07:14 – 08:54
Gulika Kāla10:34 – 12:14
Varjyam06:07 – 06:28
Dur Muhūrta 08:40 – 09:07

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:33 – 07:14 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:14 – 08:54 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:54 – 10:34 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:34 – 12:14 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:14 – 13:54 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:54 – 15:34 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:34 – 17:14 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:14 – 18:54 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:54 – 20:14 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:14 – 21:34 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:34 – 22:54 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:54 – 00:14 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:14 – 01:34 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:34 – 02:54 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:54 – 04:14 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:14 – 05:33 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

🌌 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 Year5075 · Kali-5075
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1853339.27 · 5074.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2441804.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4805° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)347.76° · 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 (23.4805°) · declination 15.28° · EoT 3.04 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:1973-05-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)