पञ्चाङ्ग — Sabarimalā (Ayyappa) · July 21, 2018 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.9 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
पुण्यो गन्धः पृथिव्यां च तेजश्चास्मि विभावसौ।

जीवनं सर्वभूतेषु तपश्चास्मि तपस्विषु।।7.9।।
"7.9 I am the Fragrance of earth, the Brilliance of fire. I am the Life Force in all beings, and I am the Austerity of the ascetics." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya94.15°KarkaPuṣya P1
चन्द्र Candra198.58°TulāSvātī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala281.42°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
बुध Budha118.10°KarkaAśleṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati199.28°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra137.72°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani249.98°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:10 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:46 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:28 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:34 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:17 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 35 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 24 Mins 15 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:29 – 05:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:07 – 06:10
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 12:53
Vijaya Muhūrta14:34 – 15:24
Godhūli Muhūrta18:34 – 18:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:46 – 19:17
Amṛta Kāla18:31 – 20:16
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 00:53

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:19 – 10:53
Yamaganda14:02 – 15:37
Gulika Kāla06:10 – 07:44
Varjyam06:41 – 07:01
Dur Muhūrta 09:06 – 09:31

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:10 – 07:44 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:44 – 09:19 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:19 – 10:53 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:53 – 12:28 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:28 – 14:02 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:02 – 15:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:37 – 17:11 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:11 – 18:46 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:46 – 20:11 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:11 – 21:37 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:37 – 23:02 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:02 – 00:28 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:28 – 01:53 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:53 – 03:19 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:19 – 04:44 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:44 – 06:10 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 9.4376°
Longitude: 77.0808°
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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Svātī alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

🌌 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 Year5120 · Kali-5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869855.27 · 5119.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458320.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1121° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)101.62° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 9/30)
🪷 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 (24.1121°) · declination 20.51° · EoT -6.05 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:2018-07-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)