पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · August 15, 2019 CE

🪷 आज: रक्षा बन्धन — Rakṣā Bandhana / Śrāvaṇa Pūrṇimā
Sister-brother bond; Brāhmaṇa Upākarma.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.56 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सर्वकर्माण्यपि सदा कुर्वाणो मद्व्यपाश्रयः।मत्प्रसादादवाप्नोति शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम्।।18.56।।
"18.56 Relying on Me in all his action and doing them for My sake, he attains, by My Grace, Eternal and Unchangeable Life." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.56's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya117.83°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra292.48°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala123.58°SiṃhaMaghā P2
बुध Budha99.73°KarkaPuṣya P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati230.40°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra117.78°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शनि Śani260.63°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:43 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:59 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:35 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:25 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 15 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 44 Mins 35 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:57 – 04:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:37 – 05:43
Abhijit Muhūrta11:55 – 12:48
Vijaya Muhūrta14:34 – 15:27
Godhūli Muhūrta18:47 – 19:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:59 – 19:32
Amṛta Kāla18:44 – 20:29
Niśīta Muhūrta23:55 – 00:48

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:01 – 15:40
Yamaganda05:43 – 07:23
Gulika Kāla09:02 – 10:42
Varjyam06:17 – 06:38
Dur Muhūrta 08:49 – 09:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:43 – 07:23 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:23 – 09:02 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:02 – 10:42 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:42 – 12:21 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:21 – 14:01 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:01 – 15:40 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:40 – 17:19 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:19 – 18:59 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:59 – 20:19 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:19 – 21:40 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:40 – 23:01 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:01 – 00:21 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:21 – 01:42 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:42 – 03:02 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:02 – 04:23 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:23 – 05:43 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Śravaṇa alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870245.27
Julian Day2458710.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1271°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)175.81°
🪷 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 (24.1271°), declination 14.19°, EoT -4.18 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: 2019-08-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)