पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · April 20, 2006 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: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.20 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अथ व्यवस्थितान् दृष्ट्वा धार्तराष्ट्रान्कपिध्वजः।

प्रवृत्ते शस्त्रसंपाते धनुरुद्यम्य पाण्डवः।।1.20।।
"1.20 Then beholding the sons of Dhritarashtra, drawn up on the battle- field, ready to fight, Arjuna, whose flag bore the Hanuman," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2063 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1928 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1413
Malayalam Era: 1182
Nanakshahi: 537
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya5.89°MeṣaAśvinī P2
चन्द्र Candra261.72°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala69.45°MithunaĀrdrā P1
बुध Budha340.69°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati202.51°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra321.04°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani100.46°KarkaPuṣya P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:45 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:47 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:12 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:27 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 01 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 58 Mins 21 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:01 – 04:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:40 – 05:45
Abhijit Muhūrta11:50 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:18
Godhūli Muhūrta18:35 – 18:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:47 – 19:19
Amṛta Kāla18:32 – 20:17
Niśīta Muhūrta23:50 – 00:42

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:54 – 15:31
Yamaganda05:45 – 07:23
Gulika Kāla09:01 – 10:38
Varjyam06:18 – 06:39
Dur Muhūrta 08:48 – 09:14

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:45 – 07:23 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:23 – 09:01 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:01 – 10:38 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:38 – 12:16 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:16 – 13:54 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:54 – 15:31 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:31 – 17:09 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:09 – 18:47 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:47 – 20:09 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:09 – 21:31 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:31 – 22:54 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:54 – 00:16 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:16 – 01:38 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:38 – 03:01 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:01 – 04:23 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:23 – 05:45 (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 Year5108 · Kali-5108
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865380.27 · 5107.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453845.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9410° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)258.03° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 22/30)
🪷 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 (23.9410°) · declination 11.41° · EoT 0.97 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:2006-04-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)