पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · April 7, 2021 CE

🪷 आज: पापमोचनी एकादशी — Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī
Removes mahā-pātakas (great sins).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.8 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
असत्यमप्रतिष्ठं ते जगदाहुरनीश्वरम्।अपरस्परसम्भूतं किमन्यत्कामहैतुकम्।।16.8।।
"16.8 They say the universe is an accident with no purpose and no God. Life is created by sexual union, a product of lust and nothing else." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya353.30°MīnaRevatī P2
चन्द्र Candra295.34°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala55.67°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
बुध Budha340.71°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati300.22°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra356.00°MīnaRevatī P3
शनि Śani287.69°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:00 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:39 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:00 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:55 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 39 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 20 Mins 17 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:18 – 05:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:56 – 06:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:17
Godhūli Muhūrta18:27 – 18:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:39 – 19:11
Amṛta Kāla18:24 – 20:09
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:45

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:19 – 13:54
Yamaganda07:35 – 09:09
Gulika Kāla10:44 – 12:19
Varjyam06:31 – 06:51
Dur Muhūrta 08:57 – 09:22

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:00 – 07:35 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:35 – 09:09 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:09 – 10:44 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:44 – 12:19 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:19 – 13:54 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:54 – 15:29 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:29 – 17:04 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:04 – 18:39 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:39 – 20:04 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:04 – 21:29 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:29 – 22:54 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:54 – 00:19 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:19 – 01:44 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:44 – 03:09 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:09 – 04:35 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:35 – 06:00 (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 Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870846.27
Julian Day2459311.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1500°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)300.24°
🪷 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 (24.1500°), declination 6.85°, EoT -2.49 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: 2021-04-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)