पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · August 22, 2105 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: वामन जयन्ती — Vāmana Jayantī
Vāmana's three-step measure of all worlds; Bali's surrender. (= Onam in Kerala.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.1 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाचऊर्ध्वमूलमधःशाखमश्वत्थं प्राहुरव्ययम्।छन्दांसि यस्य पर्णानि यस्तं वेद स वेदवित्।।15.1।।
"15.1 "Lord Shri Krishna continued: This phenomenal creation, which is both ephemeral and eternal, is like a tree, but having its seed above in the Highest and its ramifications on this earth below. The scriptures are its leaves, and he who understands this, knows." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2162 Bahudhānya
Śaka Saṁvat: 2027 Krodhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1512
Malayalam Era: 1281
Nanakshahi: 636
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya123.57°SiṃhaMaghā P2
चन्द्र Candra260.85°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala71.19°MithunaĀrdrā P2
बुध Budha116.65°KarkaAśleṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati341.37°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शुक्र Śukra93.73°KarkaPuṣya P1
शनि Śani231.89°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:48 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:51 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:21 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:36 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 03 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 56 Mins 10 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:03 – 04:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:42 – 05:48
Abhijit Muhūrta11:53 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:30 – 15:22
Godhūli Muhūrta18:39 – 19:03
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:51 – 19:24
Amṛta Kāla18:36 – 20:21
Niśīta Muhūrta23:53 – 00:46

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:04 – 10:41
Yamaganda13:57 – 15:35
Gulika Kāla05:48 – 07:26
Varjyam06:20 – 06:41
Dur Muhūrta 08:50 – 09:17

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:48 – 07:26 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:26 – 09:04 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:04 – 10:41 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:41 – 12:19 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:19 – 13:57 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:57 – 15:35 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:35 – 17:13 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:13 – 18:51 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:51 – 20:13 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:13 – 21:35 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:35 – 22:57 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:57 – 00:19 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:19 – 01:41 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:41 – 03:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:04 – 04:26 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:26 – 05:48 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5207 · Kali-5207
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1901663.27 · 5206.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2490128.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)25.3287° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)137.08° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (25.3287°) · declination 11.86° · EoT -2.54 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2105-08-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)