पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · August 4, 2013 CE

🪷 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 16.9 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
एतां दृष्टिमवष्टभ्य नष्टात्मानोऽल्पबुद्धयः।प्रभवन्त्युग्रकर्माणः क्षयाय जगतोऽहिताः।।16.9।।
"16.9 Thinking thus, these degraded souls, these enemies of mankind - whose intelligence is negligible and whose deeds are monstrous - come into the world only to destroy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya107.80°KarkaAśleṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra76.02°MithunaĀrdrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala80.15°MithunaPunarvasu P1
बुध Budha88.91°MithunaPunarvasu P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati74.05°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शुक्र Śukra140.77°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani191.11°TulāSvātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:37 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:08 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:15 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 31 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 28 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:49 – 04:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:30 – 05:37
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:38 – 15:32
Godhūli Muhūrta18:56 – 19:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:08 – 19:42
Amṛta Kāla18:53 – 20:38
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:50

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:27 – 19:08
Yamaganda12:23 – 14:04
Gulika Kāla15:45 – 17:27
Varjyam06:11 – 06:33
Dur Muhūrta 08:46 – 09:13

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
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):
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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:37 – 07:19 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:19 – 09:00 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:00 – 10:41 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:41 – 12:23 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:23 – 14:04 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:04 – 15:45 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:45 – 17:27 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:27 – 19:08 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:08 – 20:27 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:27 – 21:45 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:45 – 23:04 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:04 – 00:23 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:23 – 01:41 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:41 – 03:00 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:00 – 04:19 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:19 – 05:37 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868043.27
Julian Day2456508.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0428°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)327.10°
🪷 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 (24.0428°), declination 17.24°, EoT -5.79 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: 2013-08-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)