पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · October 3, 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: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.8 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
नियतं कुरु कर्म त्वं कर्म ज्यायो ह्यकर्मणः।

शरीरयात्रापि च ते न प्रसिद्ध्येदकर्मणः।।3.8।।
"3.8 Do thy duty as prescribed, for action for duty's sake is superior to inaction. Even the maintenance of the body would be impossible if man remained inactive." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya165.77°KanyāHasta P2
चन्द्र Candra117.69°KarkaAśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala148.01°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha155.78°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati108.47°KarkaAśleṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra200.70°TulāViśākhā P1
शनि Śani65.05°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:10 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:00 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:30 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 49 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 10 Mins 03 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:36 – 05:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:11 – 06:10
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:29
Vijaya Muhūrta14:03 – 14:51
Godhūli Muhūrta17:48 – 18:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:00 – 18:30
Amṛta Kāla17:45 – 19:30
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:29

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:34 – 15:03
Yamaganda06:10 – 07:39
Gulika Kāla09:08 – 10:36
Varjyam06:40 – 06:59
Dur Muhūrta 08:56 – 09:19

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Śubha06:10 – 07:39 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:39 – 09:08 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:08 – 10:36 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:36 – 12:05 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:05 – 13:34 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:34 – 15:03 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:03 – 16:31 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:31 – 18:00 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:00 – 19:31 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:31 – 21:03 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:03 – 22:34 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:34 – 00:05 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:05 – 01:36 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:36 – 03:08 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:08 – 04:39 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:39 – 06:10 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 30.0869°
Longitude: 78.2676°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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)1864085.27 · 5103.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452550.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8915° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)314.36° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 27/30)
🪷 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 (23.8915°) · declination -3.83° · EoT 11.79 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:2002-10-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)