पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · March 16, 2002 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: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.4 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
निश्चयं श्रृणु मे तत्र त्यागे भरतसत्तम।त्यागो हि पुरुषव्याघ्र त्रिविधः संप्रकीर्तितः।।18.4।।
"18.4 O best of Indians! Listen to my judgment as regards this problem. It has a threefold aspect." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya331.40°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
चन्द्र Candra352.64°MīnaRevatī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala16.29°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
बुध Budha312.45°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati71.99°MithunaĀrdrā P2
शुक्र Śukra346.02°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani45.25°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:27 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:26 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:33 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:09 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 59 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 00 Mins 59 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:51 – 05:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:27 – 06:27
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:14
Godhūli Muhūrta18:14 – 18:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:26 – 18:56
Amṛta Kāla18:11 – 19:56
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:50

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:27 – 10:56
Yamaganda13:56 – 15:26
Gulika Kāla06:27 – 07:57
Varjyam06:57 – 07:16
Dur Muhūrta 09:15 – 09:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:27 – 07:57 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:57 – 09:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:27 – 10:56 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:56 – 12:26 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:26 – 13:56 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:56 – 15:26 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:26 – 16:56 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:56 – 18:26 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:26 – 19:56 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:56 – 21:26 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:26 – 22:56 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:56 – 00:26 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:26 – 01:56 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:56 – 03:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:27 – 04:57 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:57 – 06:27 (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 Year5103 · Kali-5103
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863884.27 · 5103.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452349.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8838° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)23.61° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (23.8838°) · declination -1.88° · EoT -9.36 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:2002-03-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)