पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · March 19, 2004 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.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.37 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम्।तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम्।।18.37।।
"18.37 Which at first seems like poison but afterwards acts like nectar - that pleasure is Pure, for it is born of Wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya334.87°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra311.48°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala34.53°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
बुध Budha348.66°MīnaRevatī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati138.25°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra20.47°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
शनि Śani72.36°MithunaĀrdrā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:23 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:28 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:11 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:32 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 05 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 54 Mins 33 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:46 – 05:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:22 – 06:23
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:15
Godhūli Muhūrta18:16 – 18:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:28 – 18:58
Amṛta Kāla18:13 – 19:58
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:50

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:55 – 12:25
Yamaganda15:27 – 16:57
Gulika Kāla07:53 – 09:24
Varjyam06:53 – 07:12
Dur Muhūrta 09:12 – 09:36

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:23 – 07:53 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:53 – 09:24 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:24 – 10:55 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:55 – 12:25 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:25 – 13:56 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:56 – 15:27 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:27 – 16:57 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:57 – 18:28 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:28 – 19:57 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:57 – 21:27 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:27 – 22:56 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:56 – 00:25 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:25 – 01:55 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:55 – 03:24 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:24 – 04:53 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:53 – 06:23 (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 Year5105 · Kali-5105
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864618.27 · 5105.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453083.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9119° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)337.75° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (23.9119°) · declination -0.49° · EoT -8.46 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:2004-03-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)