पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · August 31, 2001 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: ओणम् (वामन-बलि स्मरण) — Onam (Vāmana / King Bali)
Kerala festival; King Bali's annual return to Kerala. Aligned with Thiru-Onam (Śravaṇa nakshatra in Bhādrapada).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.16 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
अनेकबाहूदरवक्त्रनेत्रं

पश्यामि त्वां सर्वतोऽनन्तरूपम्।

नान्तं न मध्यं न पुनस्तवादिं

पश्यामि विश्वेश्वर विश्वरूप।।11.16।।
"11.16 I see Thee, infinite in form, with, as it were, faces, eyes and limbs everywhere; no beginning, no middle, no end; O Thou Lord of the Universe, Whose Form is universal!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2058 Jaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1923 Vṛṣa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1408
Malayalam Era: 1177
Nanakshahi: 532
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya133.84°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
चन्द्र Candra282.59°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala241.91°DhanuMūla P1
बुध Budha154.57°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati75.83°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शुक्र Śukra100.73°KarkaPuṣya P3
शनि Śani50.38°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:53 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:41 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:54 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:30 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 48 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 11 Mins 36 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:10 – 05:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:49 – 05:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:16
Godhūli Muhūrta18:29 – 18:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:41 – 19:13
Amṛta Kāla18:26 – 20:11
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:42

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:41 – 12:17
Yamaganda15:29 – 17:05
Gulika Kāla07:29 – 09:05
Varjyam06:25 – 06:45
Dur Muhūrta 08:52 – 09:17

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:53 – 07:29 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:29 – 09:05 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:05 – 10:41 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:41 – 12:17 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:17 – 13:53 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:53 – 15:29 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:29 – 17:05 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:05 – 18:41 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:41 – 20:05 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:05 – 21:29 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:29 – 22:53 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:53 – 00:17 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:17 – 01:41 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:41 – 03:05 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:05 – 04:29 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:29 – 05:53 (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 Year5103 · Kali-5103
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863687.27 · 5102.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452152.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8762° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)147.73° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (23.8762°) · declination 8.67° · EoT 0.15 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:2001-08-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)