पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · April 28, 1988 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 11.50 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
सञ्जय उवाच

इत्यर्जुनं वासुदेवस्तथोक्त्वा

स्वकं रूपं दर्शयामास भूयः।

आश्वासयामास च भीतमेनं

भूत्वा पुनः सौम्यवपुर्महात्मा।।11.50।।
"11.50 Sanjaya continued: "Having thus spoken to Arjuna, Lord Shri Krishna showed Himself again in His accustomed form; and the Mighty Lord, in gentle tones, softly consoled him who lately trembled with fear." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.50's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2045 Vṛṣa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1910 Vibhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1395
Malayalam Era: 1164
Nanakshahi: 519
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya14.28°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
चन्द्र Candra148.97°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala290.65°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
बुध Budha22.91°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati18.41°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra57.40°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
शनि Śani248.32°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:37 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:52 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:04 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:23 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 15 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 44 Mins 41 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:51 – 04:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:31 – 05:37
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta14:27 – 15:20
Godhūli Muhūrta18:40 – 19:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:52 – 19:25
Amṛta Kāla18:37 – 20:22
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:41

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:54 – 15:33
Yamaganda05:37 – 07:16
Gulika Kāla08:56 – 10:35
Varjyam06:10 – 06:31
Dur Muhūrta 08:42 – 09:09

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:37 – 07:16 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:16 – 08:56 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:56 – 10:35 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:35 – 12:14 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:14 – 13:54 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:54 – 15:33 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:33 – 17:13 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:13 – 18:52 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:52 – 20:13 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:13 – 21:33 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:33 – 22:54 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:54 – 00:14 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:14 – 01:35 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:35 – 02:56 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:56 – 04:16 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:16 – 05:37 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5090 · Kali-5090
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1858814.27 · 5089.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2447279.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.6899° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)133.55° · 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 (23.6899°) · declination 14.17° · EoT 2.49 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:1988-04-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)