पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · May 9, 2013 CE

🪷 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 13.4 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
तत्क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक् च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत्।स च यो यत्प्रभावश्च तत्समासेन मे श्रृणु।।13.4।।
"13.4 What is called Matter, of what it is composed, whence it came, and why it changes, what the Self is, and what Its power - this I will now briefly set forth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Catuṣpāda
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya24.55°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
चन्द्र Candra13.60°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala19.55°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
बुध Budha20.83°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati54.68°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
शुक्र Śukra35.09°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
शनि Śani193.13°TulāSvātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:27 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:59 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:53 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:06 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 31 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 28 Mins 19 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:39 – 04:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:20 – 05:27
Abhijit Muhūrta11:46 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:29 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta18:47 – 19:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:59 – 19:33
Amṛta Kāla18:44 – 20:29
Niśīta Muhūrta23:46 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:55 – 15:36
Yamaganda05:27 – 07:09
Gulika Kāla08:50 – 10:32
Varjyam06:01 – 06:23
Dur Muhūrta 08:37 – 09:04

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:27 – 07:09 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:09 – 08:50 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:50 – 10:32 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:32 – 12:13 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:13 – 13:55 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:55 – 15:36 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:36 – 17:18 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:18 – 18:59 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:59 – 20:18 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:18 – 21:36 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:36 – 22:55 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:55 – 00:13 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:13 – 01:32 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:32 – 02:50 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:50 – 04:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:09 – 05:27 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Bharaṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867956.27
Julian Day2456421.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0395°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)349.91°
🪷 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 (24.0395°), declination 17.36°, EoT 3.63 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: 2013-05-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)