पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · March 9, 1996 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: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.8 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम्।प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत।।14.8।।
"14.8 But Ignorance, the product of darkness, stupefies the senses in all embodied beings, binding them by chains of folly, indolence and lethargy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya324.95°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra188.26°TulāSvātī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala324.02°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha308.80°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati259.36°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra9.57°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शनि Śani332.59°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:35 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:22 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:28 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:47 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:55 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 47 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 12 Mins 57 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:00 – 05:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:36 – 06:35
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 12:52
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:13
Godhūli Muhūrta18:10 – 18:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:22 – 18:51
Amṛta Kāla18:07 – 19:52
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 00:52

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:31 – 11:00
Yamaganda13:57 – 15:25
Gulika Kāla06:35 – 08:03
Varjyam07:04 – 07:23
Dur Muhūrta 09:20 – 09:43

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (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 Kāla06:35 – 08:03 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:03 – 09:31 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:31 – 11:00 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:00 – 12:28 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:28 – 13:57 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:57 – 15:25 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:25 – 16:53 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:53 – 18:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:22 – 19:53 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:53 – 21:25 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:25 – 22:57 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:57 – 00:28 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:28 – 02:00 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:00 – 03:31 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:31 – 05:03 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:03 – 06:35 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5097 · Kali-5097
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861686.27 · 5097.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450151.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7997° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)224.34° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (23.7997°) · declination -4.45° · EoT -11.28 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:1996-03-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)