पञ्चाङ्ग — Shimla, Himachal Pradesh · October 23, 2014 CE

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🪷 आज: दीपावली — Dīpāvalī (Diwali)
Lakshmi-Pūjā night; festival of lights; Rāma's return to Ayodhyā.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.14 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अनन्यचेताः सततं यो मां स्मरति नित्यशः।

तस्याहं सुलभः पार्थ नित्ययुक्तस्य योगिनः।।8.14।।
"8.14 To him who thinks constantly of Me, and of nothing else, to such an ever-faithful devotee, O Arjuna, am I ever accessible." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Catuṣpāda
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya185.49°TulāCitrā P4
चन्द्र Candra175.46°KanyāCitrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala243.24°DhanuMūla P1
बुध Budha173.32°KanyāHasta P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati114.51°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra184.72°TulāCitrā P4
शनि Śani208.54°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:29 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:42 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:41 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:09 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 12 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 47 Mins 29 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:59 – 05:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:33 – 06:29
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:28
Vijaya Muhūrta13:57 – 14:42
Godhūli Muhūrta17:30 – 17:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:42 – 18:10
Amṛta Kāla17:27 – 19:12
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:28

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:29 – 14:53
Yamaganda06:29 – 07:53
Gulika Kāla09:17 – 10:41
Varjyam06:57 – 07:15
Dur Muhūrta 09:06 – 09:28

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:29 – 07:53 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:53 – 09:17 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:17 – 10:41 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:41 – 12:05 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:05 – 13:29 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:29 – 14:53 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:53 – 16:17 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:17 – 17:42 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:42 – 19:17 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:17 – 20:53 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:53 – 22:29 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:29 – 00:05 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:05 – 01:41 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:41 – 03:17 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:17 – 04:53 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:53 – 06:29 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 31.1048°
Longitude: 77.1734°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Citrā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

🌌 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 Year5116 · Kali-5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868488.27 · 5115.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456953.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0599° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)349.28° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 30/30)
🪷 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 (24.0599°) · declination -11.31° · EoT 16.06 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:2014-10-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)