पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · August 24, 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: वामन जयन्ती — Vāmana Jayantī
Vāmana's three-step measure of all worlds; Bali's surrender. (= Onam in Kerala.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.11 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
चिन्तामपरिमेयां च प्रलयान्तामुपाश्रिताः।कामोपभोगपरमा एतावदिति निश्िचताः।।16.11।।
"16.11 Poring anxiously over evil resolutions, which only end in death; seeking only the gratification of desire as the highest goal; seeing nothing beyond;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2045 Vṛṣa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1910 Vibhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1395
Malayalam Era: 1164
Nanakshahi: 519
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya127.40°SiṃhaMaghā P3
चन्द्र Candra259.85°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala347.81°MīnaRevatī P1
बुध Budha146.03°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati41.37°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra81.73°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शनि Śani241.99°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:49 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:49 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:02 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:15 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 00 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 59 Mins 57 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:05 – 04:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:44 – 05:49
Abhijit Muhūrta11:53 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:29 – 15:21
Godhūli Muhūrta18:37 – 19:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:49 – 19:21
Amṛta Kāla18:34 – 20:19
Niśīta Muhūrta23:53 – 00:45

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:19 – 13:56
Yamaganda07:26 – 09:04
Gulika Kāla10:41 – 12:19
Varjyam06:21 – 06:42
Dur Muhūrta 08:51 – 09:17

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:49 – 07:26 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:26 – 09:04 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:04 – 10:41 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:41 – 12:19 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:19 – 13:56 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:56 – 15:34 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:34 – 17:11 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:11 – 18:49 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:49 – 20:11 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:11 – 21:34 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:34 – 22:56 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:56 – 00:19 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:19 – 01:41 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:41 – 03:04 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:04 – 04:26 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:26 – 05:49 (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 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)1858932.27 · 5089.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2447397.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.6944° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)134.61° · 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 (23.6944°) · declination 11.08° · EoT -1.99 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:1988-08-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)