पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · May 9, 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 6.42 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
अथवा योगिनामेव कुले भवति धीमताम्।

एतद्धि दुर्लभतरं लोके जन्म यदीदृशम्।।6.42।।
"6.42 Or, he may be born in the family of the wise sages, though a birth like this is, indeed, very difficult to obtain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.42's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla 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)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya24.26°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
चन्द्र Candra114.51°KarkaAśleṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala323.56°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha40.50°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati335.45°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra342.84°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani300.56°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:28 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:59 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:35 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:53 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 31 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 28 Mins 34 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:39 – 04:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:20 – 05:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:46 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:29 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta18:47 – 19:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:59 – 19:33
Amṛta Kāla18:44 – 20:29
Niśīta Muhūrta23:46 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:09 – 08:50
Yamaganda10:32 – 12:13
Gulika Kāla13:55 – 15:36
Varjyam06:01 – 06:23
Dur Muhūrta 08:37 – 09:04

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
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 · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:28 – 07:09 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:09 – 08:50 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:50 – 10:32 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:32 – 12:13 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:13 – 13:55 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:55 – 15:36 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:36 – 17:18 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:18 – 18:59 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:59 – 20:18 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:18 – 21:36 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:36 – 22:55 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:55 – 00:13 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:13 – 01:32 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:32 – 02:50 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:50 – 04:09 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:09 – 05:28 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Āśleṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871243.27
Julian Day2459708.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1652°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)93.14°
🪷 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 (24.1652°), declination 17.31°, EoT 3.63 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: 2022-05-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)