पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · September 17, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.1 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

संन्यासस्य महाबाहो तत्त्वमिच्छामि वेदितुम्।

त्यागस्य च हृषीकेश पृथक्केशिनिषूदन।।18.1।।
"18.1 "Arjuna asked: O mighty One! I desire to know how relinquishment is distinguished from renunciation." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya150.28°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
चन्द्र Candra298.19°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala108.41°KarkaAśleṣā P1
बुध Budha168.06°KanyāHasta P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati81.95°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra192.45°TulāSvātī P2
शनि Śani194.27°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:02 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:20 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:11 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:33 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:32 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 18 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 41 Mins 50 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:23 – 05:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:00 – 06:02
Abhijit Muhūrta11:46 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta14:14 – 15:03
Godhūli Muhūrta18:08 – 18:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:20 – 18:51
Amṛta Kāla18:05 – 19:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:46 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:15 – 16:48
Yamaganda09:06 – 10:38
Gulika Kāla12:11 – 13:43
Varjyam06:32 – 06:52
Dur Muhūrta 08:54 – 09:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:02 – 07:34 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:34 – 09:06 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:06 – 10:38 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:38 – 12:11 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:11 – 13:43 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:43 – 15:15 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:15 – 16:48 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:48 – 18:20 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:20 – 19:48 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:48 – 21:15 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:15 – 22:43 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:43 – 00:11 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:11 – 01:38 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:38 – 03:06 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:06 – 04:34 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:34 – 06:02 (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 Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868087.27
Julian Day2456552.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0445°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)149.70°
🪷 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 (24.0445°), declination 2.26°, EoT 6.24 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: 2013-09-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)