पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · December 8, 2021 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.4 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
न कर्मणामनारम्भान्नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोऽश्नुते।

न च संन्यसनादेव सिद्धिं समधिगच्छति।।3.4।।
"3.4 No man can attain freedom from activity by refraining from action; nor can he reach perfection by merely refusing to act." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya232.00°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra283.86°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala211.80°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
बुध Budha236.58°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati302.21°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra269.60°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani285.43°MakaraŚravaṇa P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:01 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:18 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:10 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:18 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:56 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 16 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 43 Mins 43 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:39 – 06:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:10 – 07:01
Abhijit Muhūrta11:49 – 12:30
Vijaya Muhūrta13:52 – 14:33
Godhūli Muhūrta17:06 – 17:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:18 – 17:43
Amṛta Kāla17:03 – 18:48
Niśīta Muhūrta23:49 – 00:30

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:10 – 13:27
Yamaganda08:19 – 09:36
Gulika Kāla10:53 – 12:10
Varjyam07:27 – 07:44
Dur Muhūrta 09:25 – 09:46

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
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 Labha07:01 – 08:19 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:19 – 09:36 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:36 – 10:53 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:53 – 12:10 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:10 – 13:27 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:27 – 14:44 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:44 – 16:01 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:01 – 17:18 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:18 – 19:01 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:01 – 20:44 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:44 – 22:27 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:27 – 00:10 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:10 – 01:53 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:53 – 03:36 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:36 – 05:19 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:19 – 07:01 (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 Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871091.27
Julian Day2459556.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1594°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)49.20°
🪷 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 (24.1594°), declination -22.72°, EoT 7.30 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: 2021-12-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)