पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · March 14, 2005 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: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.9 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
कविं पुराणमनुशासितार

मणोरणीयांसमनुस्मरेद्यः।

सर्वस्य धातारमचिन्त्यरूप

मादित्यवर्णं तमसः परस्तात्।।8.9।।
"8.9 Whoso meditates on the Omniscient, the Ancient, more minute than the atom, yet the Ruler and Upholder of all, Unimaginable, Brilliant like the Sun, Beyond the reach of darkness;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2062 Vilambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1927 Pārthiva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1412
Malayalam Era: 1181
Nanakshahi: 536
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya329.63°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra16.46°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala271.19°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha347.72°MīnaRevatī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati172.93°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra325.28°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani86.38°MithunaPunarvasu P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:29 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:25 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:27 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:56 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:13 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 55 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 04 Mins 09 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:53 – 05:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:29 – 06:29
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:14
Godhūli Muhūrta18:13 – 18:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:25 – 18:55
Amṛta Kāla18:10 – 19:55
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 00:51

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:58 – 09:28
Yamaganda10:57 – 12:27
Gulika Kāla13:56 – 15:26
Varjyam06:59 – 07:18
Dur Muhūrta 09:16 – 09:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:29 – 07:58 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:58 – 09:28 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:28 – 10:57 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:57 – 12:27 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:27 – 13:56 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:56 – 15:26 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:26 – 16:55 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:55 – 18:25 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:25 – 19:55 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:55 – 21:26 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:26 – 22:56 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:56 – 00:27 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:27 – 01:57 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:57 – 03:28 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:28 – 04:58 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:58 – 06:29 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5106 · Kali-5106
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864978.27 · 5106.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453443.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9256° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)46.84° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (23.9256°) · declination -2.56° · EoT -9.94 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:2005-03-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)