पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · March 13, 2012 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.24 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अच्छेद्योऽयमदाह्योऽयमक्लेद्योऽशोष्य एव च।

नित्यः सर्वगतः स्थाणुरचलोऽयं सनातनः।।2.24।।
"2.24 It is impenetrable; It can be neither drowned nor scorched nor dried. It is Eternal, All-pervading, Unchanging, Immovable and Most Ancient." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya328.84°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra212.45°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala135.85°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha342.72°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati15.11°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra14.11°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शनि Śani184.24°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:30 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:24 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:27 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:26 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:58 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 54 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 05 Mins 26 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:55 – 05:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:30 – 06:30
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:14
Godhūli Muhūrta18:12 – 18:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:24 – 18:54
Amṛta Kāla18:09 – 19:54
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 00:51

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:26 – 16:55
Yamaganda09:29 – 10:58
Gulika Kāla12:27 – 13:56
Varjyam07:00 – 07:19
Dur Muhūrta 09:17 – 09:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:30 – 07:59 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:59 – 09:29 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:29 – 10:58 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:58 – 12:27 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:27 – 13:56 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:56 – 15:26 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:26 – 16:55 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:55 – 18:24 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:24 – 19:55 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:55 – 21:26 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:26 – 22:56 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:56 – 00:27 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:27 – 01:58 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:58 – 03:29 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:29 – 04:59 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:59 – 06:30 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867534.27
Julian Day2455999.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0234°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)240.57°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0234°), declination -2.83°, EoT -10.22 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2012-03-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)