पञ्चाङ्ग — Shimla, Himachal Pradesh · August 11, 2012 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.18 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
विद्याविनयसंपन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि।

शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः।।5.18।।
"5.18 Sages look equally upon all, whether he be a minister of learning and humility, or an infidel, or whether it be a cow, an elephant or a dog." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya114.75°KarkaAśleṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra38.31°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala177.89°KanyāCitrā P2
बुध Budha97.62°KarkaPuṣya P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati47.57°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra68.86°MithunaĀrdrā P1
शनि Śani180.21°TulāCitrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:44 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:08 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:25 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 23 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 36 Mins 22 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:57 – 04:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:37 – 05:44
Abhijit Muhūrta11:59 – 12:53
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:34
Godhūli Muhūrta18:56 – 19:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:08 – 19:42
Amṛta Kāla18:53 – 20:38
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:53

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:05 – 10:46
Yamaganda14:07 – 15:47
Gulika Kāla05:44 – 07:25
Varjyam06:18 – 06:39
Dur Muhūrta 08:52 – 09:19

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:44 – 07:25 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:25 – 09:05 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:05 – 10:46 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:46 – 12:26 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:26 – 14:07 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:07 – 15:47 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:47 – 17:28 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:28 – 19:08 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:08 – 20:28 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:28 – 21:47 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:47 – 23:07 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:07 – 00:26 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:26 – 01:46 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:46 – 03:05 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:05 – 04:25 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:25 – 05:44 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 31.1048°
Longitude: 77.1734°
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 Kṛṣṇa Navamī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

🌌 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 Year5114 · Kali-5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867685.27 · 5113.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456150.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0292° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)283.68° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 24/30)
🪷 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 (24.0292°) · declination 15.19° · EoT -4.91 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:2012-08-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)