पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · December 2, 2178 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: कालभैरव अष्टमी — Kālabhairava Aṣṭamī
Kālabhairava's manifestation; Kāśī-kṣetrapāla.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.56 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सर्वकर्माण्यपि सदा कुर्वाणो मद्व्यपाश्रयः।मत्प्रसादादवाप्नोति शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम्।।18.56।।
"18.56 Relying on Me in all his action and doing them for My sake, he attains, by My Grace, Eternal and Unchangeable Life." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.56's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2235 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 2100 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1585
Malayalam Era: 1354
Nanakshahi: 709
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya223.63°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
चन्द्र Candra129.71°SiṃhaMaghā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala354.96°MīnaRevatī P3
बुध Budha211.99°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati42.35°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra174.90°KanyāCitrā P1
शनि Śani51.10°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:57 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:17 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:27 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 20 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 39 Mins 28 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:34 – 06:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:05 – 06:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:46 – 12:28
Vijaya Muhūrta13:51 – 14:32
Godhūli Muhūrta17:05 – 17:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:17 – 17:43
Amṛta Kāla17:02 – 18:47
Niśīta Muhūrta23:46 – 00:28

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:07 – 13:25
Yamaganda08:14 – 09:32
Gulika Kāla10:50 – 12:07
Varjyam07:23 – 07:39
Dur Muhūrta 09:22 – 09:42

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:57 – 08:14 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:14 – 09:32 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:32 – 10:50 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:50 – 12:07 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:07 – 13:25 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:25 – 14:42 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:42 – 16:00 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:00 – 17:17 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:17 – 19:00 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:00 – 20:42 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:42 – 22:25 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:25 – 00:07 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:07 – 01:50 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:50 – 03:32 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:32 – 05:14 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:14 – 06:57 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Maghā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year5280 · Kali-5280
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1928428.27 · 5279.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2516893.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)26.3523° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)266.03° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30)
🪷 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 (26.3523°) · declination -21.94° · EoT 9.75 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:2178-12-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)