पञ्चाङ्ग — Sabarimalā (Ayyappa) · September 18, 2018 CE

Also observed today

कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति · Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 9.10 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga

मयाऽध्यक्षेण प्रकृतिः सूयते सचराचरम्।

हेतुनाऽनेन कौन्तेय जगद्विपरिवर्तते।।9.10।।

"9.10 Under my guidance, Nature produces all things movable and immovable. Thus it is, O Arjuna, that this universe revolves." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 9.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt

Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1425

Malayalam Era: 1194

Nanakshahi: 549

Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Mūla Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	150.98°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P2
चन्द्र Candra	252.79°	Dhanu	Mūla P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	277.24°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha	148.04°	Siṃha	Uttara Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	205.58°	Tulā	Viśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra	191.23°	Tulā	Svātī P2
शनि Śani	248.43°	Dhanu	Mūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:10 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:20 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:15 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	13:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	00:49 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 09 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 50 Mins 39 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:33 – 05:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:10 – 06:10
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:51 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:17 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:08 – 18:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:20 – 18:50
Amṛta Kāla	18:05 – 19:50
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:51 – 00:39

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	15:17 – 16:49
Yamaganda	09:13 – 10:44
Gulika Kāla	12:15 – 13:46
Varjyam	06:41 – 07:00
Dur Muhūrta	09:01 – 09:25

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)

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):
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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	06:10 – 07:42 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	07:42 – 09:13 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	09:13 – 10:44 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:44 – 12:15 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	12:15 – 13:46 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:46 – 15:17 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	15:17 – 16:49 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	16:49 – 18:20 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	18:20 – 19:49 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	19:49 – 21:17 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	21:17 – 22:46 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:46 – 00:15 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	00:15 – 01:44 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:44 – 03:13 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	03:13 – 04:42 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	04:42 – 06:10 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 9.4376°

Longitude: 77.0808°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Mūla alignment also occurred on:

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869914.27
Julian Day	2458379.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1144°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	100.39°

🪷 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 (24.1144°), declination 1.95°, EoT 6.61 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: 2018-09-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)