पञ्चाङ्ग — Sabarimalā (Ayyappa) · August 12, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.1 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

किं तद्ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम।

अधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते।।8.1।।
"8.1 "Arjuna asked: O Lord of Lords! What is that which men call the Supreme Spirit, what is man's Spiritual Nature, and what is the Law? What is Matter and what is Divinity?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.1'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

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya115.20°KarkaAśleṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra124.00°SiṃhaMaghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala275.84°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha109.87°KarkaAśleṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati200.65°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra160.75°KanyāHasta P1
शनि Śani248.83°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:13 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:40 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:51 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:12 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 27 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 32 Mins 32 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:33 – 05:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:10 – 06:13
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:31 – 15:21
Godhūli Muhūrta18:28 – 18:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:40 – 19:11
Amṛta Kāla18:25 – 20:10
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:51

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:07 – 18:40
Yamaganda12:26 – 14:00
Gulika Kāla15:33 – 17:07
Varjyam06:44 – 07:04
Dur Muhūrta 09:07 – 09:32

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
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 Udveg06:13 – 07:46 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:46 – 09:20 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:20 – 10:53 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:53 – 12:26 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:26 – 14:00 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:00 – 15:33 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:33 – 17:07 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:07 – 18:40 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:40 – 20:07 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:07 – 21:33 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:33 – 23:00 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:00 – 00:26 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:26 – 01:53 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:53 – 03:20 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:20 – 04:46 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:46 – 06:13 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 9.4376°
Longitude: 77.0808°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869877.27
Julian Day2458342.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1130°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)8.89°
🪷 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 (24.1130°), declination 15.03°, EoT -4.74 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: 2018-08-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)