पञ्चाङ्ग — Shimla, Himachal Pradesh · May 3, 2009 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: सीता नवमी — Sītā Navamī
Devī Sītā's manifestation in Mithilā; rāmāvatāra-kalatra.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.14 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
ततः स विस्मयाविष्टो हृष्टरोमा धनञ्जयः।

प्रणम्य शिरसा देवं कृताञ्जलिरभाषत।।11.14।।
"11.14 Thereupon Arjuna, dumb with awe, his hair on end, his head bowed, his hands clasped in salutation, addressed the Lord thus:" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya18.77°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
चन्द्र Candra123.95°SiṃhaMaghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala343.99°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha37.07°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati300.60°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra339.14°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani140.88°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3

☀️ Shimla, Himachal Pradesh — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:35 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:01 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:46 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:52 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 26 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 33 Mins 52 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:48 – 04:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:28 – 05:35
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:33 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta18:49 – 19:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:01 – 19:35
Amṛta Kāla18:46 – 20:31
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:45

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:20 – 19:01
Yamaganda12:18 – 13:59
Gulika Kāla15:40 – 17:20
Varjyam06:09 – 06:30
Dur Muhūrta 08:43 – 09:10

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 Udveg05:35 – 07:16 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:16 – 08:57 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:57 – 10:37 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:37 – 12:18 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:18 – 13:59 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:59 – 15:40 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:40 – 17:20 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:20 – 19:01 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:01 – 20:20 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:20 – 21:40 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:40 – 22:59 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:59 – 00:18 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:18 – 01:37 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:37 – 02:57 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:57 – 04:16 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:16 – 05:35 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 31.1048°
Longitude: 77.1734°
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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Maghā 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 Year5111 · Kali-5111
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866489.27 · 5110.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454954.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9834° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)104.04° · 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 (23.9834°) · declination 15.66° · EoT 3.15 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:2009-05-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)