पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · February 24, 2021 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.13 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
अप्रकाशोऽप्रवृत्तिश्च प्रमादो मोह एव च।तमस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे कुरुनन्दन।।14.13।।
"14.13 Darkness, stagnation, folly and infatuation are the result of the dominance of Ignorance, O joy of the Kuru-clan!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya311.50°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra89.63°MithunaPunarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala30.94°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
बुध Budha287.05°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati291.32°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शुक्र Śukra303.71°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani283.79°MakaraŚravaṇa P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:49 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:13 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:31 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:48 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:39 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 23 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 36 Mins 23 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:18 – 06:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:52 – 06:49
Abhijit Muhūrta12:08 – 12:54
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:10
Godhūli Muhūrta18:01 – 18:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:13 – 18:41
Amṛta Kāla17:58 – 19:43
Niśīta Muhūrta00:08 – 00:54

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:31 – 13:56
Yamaganda08:14 – 09:40
Gulika Kāla11:05 – 12:31
Varjyam07:17 – 07:36
Dur Muhūrta 09:28 – 09:51

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:49 – 08:14 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:14 – 09:40 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:40 – 11:05 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:05 – 12:31 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:31 – 13:56 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:56 – 15:22 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:22 – 16:47 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:47 – 18:13 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:13 – 19:47 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:47 – 21:22 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:22 – 22:56 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:56 – 00:31 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:31 – 02:05 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:05 – 03:40 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:40 – 05:14 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:14 – 06:49 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Dvādaśī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870804.27
Julian Day2459269.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1484°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)138.19°
🪷 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 (24.1484°), declination -9.44°, 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: 2021-02-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)