पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · March 4, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.2 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
व्यामिश्रेणेव वाक्येन बुद्धिं मोहयसीव मे।

तदेकं वद निश्िचत्य येन श्रेयोऽहमाप्नुयाम्।।3.2।।
"3.2 Thy language perplexes me and confuses my reason. Therefore please tell me the only way by which I may, without doubt, secure my spiritual welfare." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya319.82°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra253.89°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala214.91°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
बुध Budha303.46°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati144.09°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra295.34°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani231.73°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:40 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:19 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:29 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:00 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:11 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 38 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 21 Mins 44 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:07 – 05:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:42 – 06:40
Abhijit Muhūrta12:06 – 12:53
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta18:07 – 18:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:19 – 18:48
Amṛta Kāla18:04 – 19:49
Niśīta Muhūrta00:06 – 00:53

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:02 – 12:29
Yamaganda15:24 – 16:51
Gulika Kāla08:08 – 09:35
Varjyam07:09 – 07:28
Dur Muhūrta 09:23 – 09:46

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:40 – 08:08 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:08 – 09:35 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:35 – 11:02 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:02 – 12:29 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:29 – 13:57 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:57 – 15:24 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:24 – 16:51 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:51 – 18:19 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:19 – 19:51 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:51 – 21:24 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:24 – 22:57 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:57 – 00:29 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:29 – 02:02 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:02 – 03:35 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:35 – 05:08 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:08 – 06:40 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868986.27
Julian Day2457451.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0789°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)296.10°
🪷 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 (24.0789°), declination -6.33°, 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: 2016-03-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)