पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · February 24, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.23 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यदि ह्यहं न वर्तेयं जातु कर्मण्यतन्द्रितः।

मम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः।।3.23।।
"3.23 For were I not to act without ceasing, O prince, people would be glad to do likewise." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya311.27°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra50.33°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala232.91°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha316.47°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati208.64°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra322.02°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani252.69°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:49 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:12 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:31 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:08 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:06 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 23 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 36 Mins 52 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:18 – 06:04
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:52 – 06:49
Abhijit Muhūrta12:08 – 12:54
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:10
Godhūli Muhūrta18:00 – 18:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:12 – 18:41
Amṛta Kāla17:57 – 19:42
Niśīta Muhūrta00:08 – 00:54

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:40 – 11:05
Yamaganda13:56 – 15:22
Gulika Kāla06:49 – 08:15
Varjyam07:18 – 07:36
Dur Muhūrta 09:29 – 09:51

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:49 – 08:15 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:15 – 09:40 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:40 – 11:05 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:05 – 12:31 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:31 – 13:56 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:56 – 15:22 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:22 – 16:47 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:47 – 18:12 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:12 – 19:47 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:47 – 21:22 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:22 – 22:56 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:56 – 00:31 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:31 – 02:05 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:05 – 03:40 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:40 – 05:15 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:15 – 06:49 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869708.27
Julian Day2458173.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1065°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)101.38°
🪷 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 (24.1065°), declination -9.54°, EoT -13.84 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: 2018-02-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)