पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · August 20, 2005 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: पितृ पक्ष आरम्भ — Pitṛ-Pakṣa Start
Begin 16-day śrāddha period for ancestors. Bhādrapada Pūrṇimā next-day.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.9 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
अथ चित्तं समाधातुं न शक्नोषि मयि स्थिरम्।अभ्यासयोगेन ततो मामिच्छाप्तुं धनञ्जय।।12.9।।
"12.9 But if thou canst not fix thy mind firmly on Me, then, My beloved friend, try to do so by constant practice." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2062 Vilambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1927 Pārthiva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1412
Malayalam Era: 1181
Nanakshahi: 536
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya123.20°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra307.27°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala18.08°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
बुध Budha105.67°KarkaPuṣya P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati172.92°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra159.44°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani100.34°KarkaPuṣya P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:47 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:53 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:59 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:13 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 06 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 53 Mins 11 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:02 – 04:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:41 – 05:47
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:31 – 15:24
Godhūli Muhūrta18:41 – 19:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:53 – 19:26
Amṛta Kāla18:38 – 20:23
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:46

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:03 – 10:42
Yamaganda13:58 – 15:37
Gulika Kāla05:47 – 07:25
Varjyam06:19 – 06:40
Dur Muhūrta 08:50 – 09:16

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Kāla05:47 – 07:25 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:25 – 09:03 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:03 – 10:42 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:42 – 12:20 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:20 – 13:58 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:58 – 15:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:37 – 17:15 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:15 – 18:53 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:53 – 20:15 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:15 – 21:37 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:37 – 22:58 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:58 – 00:20 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:20 – 01:42 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:42 – 03:03 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:03 – 04:25 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:25 – 05:47 (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 Year5107 · Kali-5107
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865137.27 · 5106.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453602.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9317° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)184.12° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (23.9317°) · declination 12.46° · EoT -3.05 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:2005-08-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)