पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · March 4, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.44 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयापहृतचेतसाम्।

व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः समाधौ न विधीयते।।2.44।।
"2.44 While their minds are absorbed with ideas of power and personal enjoyment, they cannot concentrate their discrimination on one point." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.44's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya319.33°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra355.51°MīnaRevatī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala183.17°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha294.54°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati75.74°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शुक्र Śukra274.14°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani209.02°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:41 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:18 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:29 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:34 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:15 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 37 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 22 Mins 40 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:08 – 05:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:43 – 06:41
Abhijit Muhūrta12:06 – 12:53
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta18:06 – 18:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:18 – 18:47
Amṛta Kāla18:03 – 19:48
Niśīta Muhūrta00:06 – 00:53

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:24 – 16:51
Yamaganda09:35 – 11:02
Gulika Kāla12:29 – 13:57
Varjyam07:10 – 07:28
Dur Muhūrta 09:23 – 09:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (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 · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:41 – 08:08 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:08 – 09:35 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:35 – 11:02 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:02 – 12:29 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:29 – 13:57 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:57 – 15:24 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:24 – 16:51 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:51 – 18:18 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:18 – 19:51 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:51 – 21:24 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:24 – 22:57 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:57 – 00:29 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:29 – 02:02 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:02 – 03:35 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:35 – 05:08 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:08 – 06:41 (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)1868255.27
Julian Day2456720.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0510°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)35.74°
🪷 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 (24.0510°), declination -6.53°, EoT -12.45 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: 2014-03-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)