पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · August 10, 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.26 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अथ चैनं नित्यजातं नित्यं वा मन्यसे मृतम्।

तथापि त्वं महाबाहो नैवं शोचितुमर्हसि।।2.26।।
"2.26 Even if thou thinkest of It as constantly being born, constantly dying, even then, O Mighty Man, thou still hast no cause to grieve." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya113.38°KarkaAśleṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra130.44°SiṃhaMaghā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala113.64°KarkaAśleṣā P3
बुध Budha132.18°SiṃhaMaghā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati97.85°KarkaPuṣya P2
शुक्र Śukra158.86°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani61.83°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:41 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:03 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:04 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:56 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 22 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 37 Mins 07 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:53 – 04:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:34 – 05:41
Abhijit Muhūrta11:55 – 12:49
Vijaya Muhūrta14:36 – 15:29
Godhūli Muhūrta18:51 – 19:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:03 – 19:37
Amṛta Kāla18:48 – 20:33
Niśīta Muhūrta23:55 – 00:49

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:01 – 10:42
Yamaganda14:02 – 15:43
Gulika Kāla05:41 – 07:21
Varjyam06:14 – 06:35
Dur Muhūrta 08:48 – 09:15

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:41 – 07:21 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:21 – 09:01 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:01 – 10:42 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:42 – 12:22 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:22 – 14:02 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:02 – 15:43 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:43 – 17:23 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:23 – 19:03 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:03 – 20:23 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:23 – 21:43 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:43 – 23:02 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:02 – 00:22 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:22 – 01:42 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:42 – 03:01 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:01 – 04:21 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:21 – 05:41 (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 Year5104 · Kali-5104
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864031.27 · 5103.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452496.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8894° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)15.17° · 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 (23.8894°) · declination 15.66° · EoT -5.06 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:2002-08-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)