पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · November 7, 1998 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: करवा चौथ — Karvā Chauth
North Indian wives' fast for husband's longevity. Kṛṣṇa Caturthī of Kārtika.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.56 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
दुःखेष्वनुद्विग्नमनाः सुखेषु विगतस्पृहः।

वीतरागभयक्रोधः स्थितधीर्मुनिरुच्यते।।2.56।।
"2.56 The sage, whose mind is unruffled in suffering, whose desire is not roused by enjoyment, who is without attachment, anger or fear - take him to be one who stands at that lofty level." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.56's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya200.59°TulāViśākhā P1
चन्द्र Candra60.29°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala144.47°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha223.10°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati324.39°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra202.60°TulāViśākhā P1
शनि Śani5.13°MeṣaAśvinī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:35 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:26 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:01 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:39 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:40 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 50 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 09 Mins 13 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:09 – 05:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:41 – 06:35
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta13:49 – 14:33
Godhūli Muhūrta17:14 – 17:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:26 – 17:53
Amṛta Kāla17:11 – 18:56
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:23

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:18 – 10:39
Yamaganda13:22 – 14:44
Gulika Kāla06:35 – 07:57
Varjyam07:03 – 07:20
Dur Muhūrta 09:07 – 09:29

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:35 – 07:57 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:57 – 09:18 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:18 – 10:39 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:39 – 12:01 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:01 – 13:22 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:22 – 14:44 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:44 – 16:05 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:05 – 17:26 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:26 – 19:05 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:05 – 20:44 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:44 – 22:22 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:22 – 00:01 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:01 – 01:39 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:39 – 03:18 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:18 – 04:57 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:57 – 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 Year5100 · Kali-5100
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862659.27 · 5099.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451124.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8369° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)217.71° · 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 (23.8369°) · declination -16.16° · EoT 16.09 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:1998-11-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)