पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · September 15, 2016 CE

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🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.6 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
यं यं वापि स्मरन्भावं त्यजत्यन्ते कलेवरम्।

तं तमेवैति कौन्तेय सदा तद्भावभावितः।।8.6।।
"8.6 On whatever sphere of being the mind of a man may be intent at the time of death, thither he will go." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya148.55°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
चन्द्र Candra305.04°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala237.96°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha144.45°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati156.53°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra175.21°KanyāCitrā P1
शनि Śani226.35°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:01 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:22 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:11 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:02 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:12 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 21 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 38 Mins 44 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:22 – 05:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:59 – 06:01
Abhijit Muhūrta11:47 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 15:04
Godhūli Muhūrta18:10 – 18:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:22 – 18:53
Amṛta Kāla18:07 – 19:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:47 – 00:36

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:44 – 15:17
Yamaganda06:01 – 07:33
Gulika Kāla09:06 – 10:39
Varjyam06:32 – 06:51
Dur Muhūrta 08:54 – 09:18

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
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):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:01 – 07:33 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:33 – 09:06 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:06 – 10:39 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:39 – 12:11 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:11 – 13:44 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:44 – 15:17 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:17 – 16:49 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:49 – 18:22 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:22 – 19:49 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:49 – 21:17 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:17 – 22:44 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:44 – 00:11 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:11 – 01:39 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:39 – 03:06 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:06 – 04:33 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:33 – 06:01 (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 Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5118 · Kali-5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869181.27 · 5117.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457646.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0864° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)156.38° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (24.0864°) · declination 2.92° · EoT 5.50 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2016-09-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)