पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · August 16, 2007 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.14 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
सर्वतः पाणिपादं तत्सर्वतोऽक्षिशिरोमुखम्।सर्वतः श्रुतिमल्लोके सर्वमावृत्य तिष्ठति।।13.14।।
"13.14 Everywhere are Its hands and Its feet; everywhere It has eyes that see, heads that think and mouths that speak; everywhere It listens; It dwells in all the worlds; It envelops them all." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2064 Śārvarī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1929 Sarvajit
Bengali Saṁvat: 1414
Malayalam Era: 1183
Nanakshahi: 538
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya118.86°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra154.45°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala41.56°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
बुध Budha119.00°KarkaAśleṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati226.82°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra121.99°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शनि Śani123.62°SiṃhaMaghā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:44 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:58 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:39 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:47 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 14 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 46 Mins 00 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:58 – 04:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:38 – 05:44
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:47
Vijaya Muhūrta14:33 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta18:46 – 19:10
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:58 – 19:31
Amṛta Kāla18:43 – 20:28
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:47

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:00 – 15:39
Yamaganda05:44 – 07:23
Gulika Kāla09:02 – 10:42
Varjyam06:17 – 06:38
Dur Muhūrta 08:49 – 09:16

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:44 – 07:23 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:23 – 09:02 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:02 – 10:42 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:42 – 12:21 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:21 – 14:00 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:00 – 15:39 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:39 – 17:19 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:19 – 18:58 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:58 – 20:19 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:19 – 21:39 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:39 – 23:00 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:00 – 00:21 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:21 – 01:42 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:42 – 03:02 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:02 – 04:23 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:23 – 05:44 (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 Year5109 · Kali-5109
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865863.27 · 5108.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454328.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9595° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)38.36° · 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 (23.9595°) · declination 13.91° · EoT -3.97 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:2007-08-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)