पञ्चाङ्ग — Shimla, Himachal Pradesh · December 14, 2011 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: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.59 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यदहङ्कारमाश्रित्य न योत्स्य इति मन्यसे।मिथ्यैष व्यवसायस्ते प्रकृतिस्त्वां नियोक्ष्यति।।18.59।।
"18.59 If thou in thy vanity thinkest of avoiding this fight, thy will shall not be fulfilled, for Nature herself will compel thee." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.59's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya237.66°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra97.70°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala140.36°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha219.56°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati6.44°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra267.52°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani182.65°TulāCitrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:12 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:04 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:50 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 09 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 51 Mins 00 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:51 – 06:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:21 – 07:12
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta13:58 – 14:39
Godhūli Muhūrta17:09 – 17:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:21 – 17:47
Amṛta Kāla17:06 – 18:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:37

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:17 – 13:33
Yamaganda08:28 – 09:44
Gulika Kāla11:01 – 12:17
Varjyam07:38 – 07:54
Dur Muhūrta 09:34 – 09:55

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:12 – 08:28 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:28 – 09:44 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:44 – 11:01 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:01 – 12:17 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:17 – 13:33 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:33 – 14:49 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:49 – 16:05 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:05 – 17:21 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:21 – 19:05 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:05 – 20:49 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:49 – 22:33 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:33 – 00:17 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:17 – 02:01 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:01 – 03:44 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:44 – 05:28 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:28 – 07:12 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 31.1048°
Longitude: 77.1734°
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 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 Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867444.27 · 5112.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455909.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0199° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)221.42° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (24.0199°) · declination -23.18° · EoT 4.64 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:2011-12-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)