पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · February 21, 1997 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: होलिका दहन — Holikā Dahana
Burning of Holikā; Prahlāda saved by Hari. Eve of Holi.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.18 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
कर्मण्यकर्म यः पश्येदकर्मणि च कर्म यः।

स बुद्धिमान् मनुष्येषु स युक्तः कृत्स्नकर्मकृत्।।4.18।।
"4.18 He who can see inaction in action, and action in inaction, is the wisest among men. He is a saint, even though he still acts." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2054 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1919 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1404
Malayalam Era: 1173
Nanakshahi: 528
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya308.63°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra113.56°KarkaAśleṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala160.61°KanyāHasta P1
बुध Budha294.34°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati283.28°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शुक्र Śukra298.61°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani341.85°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:52 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:10 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:31 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:51 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:11 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 18 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 41 Mins 56 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:22 – 06:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:56 – 06:52
Abhijit Muhūrta12:09 – 12:54
Vijaya Muhūrta14:24 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta17:58 – 18:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:10 – 18:38
Amṛta Kāla17:55 – 19:40
Niśīta Muhūrta00:09 – 00:54

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:06 – 12:31
Yamaganda15:21 – 16:45
Gulika Kāla08:17 – 09:42
Varjyam07:20 – 07:38
Dur Muhūrta 09:30 – 09:53

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (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 · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:52 – 08:17 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:17 – 09:42 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:42 – 11:06 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:06 – 12:31 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:31 – 13:56 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:56 – 15:21 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:21 – 16:45 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:45 – 18:10 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:10 – 19:45 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:45 – 21:21 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:21 – 22:56 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:56 – 00:31 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:31 – 02:06 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:06 – 03:42 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:42 – 05:17 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:17 – 06:52 (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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862035.27 · 5098.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450500.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8131° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)164.59° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 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 (23.8131°) · declination -10.60° · EoT -14.19 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:1997-02-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)