पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · April 19, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.22 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
यं लब्ध्वा चापरं लाभं मन्यते नाधिकं ततः।

यस्मिन्स्थितो न दुःखेन गुरुणापि विचाल्यते।।6.22।।
"6.22 Finding That, he will realise that there is no possession so precious. And when once established here, no calamity can disturb him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya4.81°MeṣaAśvinī P2
चन्द्र Candra214.98°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala308.48°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
बुध Budha20.83°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati331.25°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra320.18°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani299.41°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:46 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:46 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:03 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:31 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 00 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 59 Mins 50 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:02 – 04:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:41 – 05:46
Abhijit Muhūrta11:50 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:18
Godhūli Muhūrta18:34 – 18:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:46 – 19:19
Amṛta Kāla18:31 – 20:16
Niśīta Muhūrta23:50 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:31 – 17:09
Yamaganda09:01 – 10:39
Gulika Kāla12:16 – 13:54
Varjyam06:19 – 06:39
Dur Muhūrta 08:48 – 09:14

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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 · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:46 – 07:24 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:24 – 09:01 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:01 – 10:39 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:39 – 12:16 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:16 – 13:54 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:54 – 15:31 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:31 – 17:09 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:09 – 18:46 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:46 – 20:09 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:09 – 21:31 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:31 – 22:54 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:54 – 00:16 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:16 – 01:39 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:39 – 03:01 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:01 – 04:24 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:24 – 05:46 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871223.27
Julian Day2459688.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1645°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)208.14°
🪷 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 (24.1645°), declination 11.11°, EoT 0.74 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: 2022-04-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)