पञ्चाङ्ग — Shimla, Himachal Pradesh · May 6, 2015 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: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.30 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
प्रकृत्यैव च कर्माणि क्रियमाणानि सर्वशः।यः पश्यति तथाऽऽत्मानमकर्तारं स पश्यति।।13.30।।
"13.30 He who understands that it is only the Law of Nature that brings action to fruition, and that the Self never acts, alone knows the Truth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.30's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya21.15°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra223.25°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala31.38°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
बुध Budha42.05°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati108.88°KarkaAśleṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra63.64°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
शनि Śani218.59°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:33 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:03 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:38 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:54 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 30 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 29 Mins 55 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:45 – 04:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:25 – 05:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:33 – 15:27
Godhūli Muhūrta18:51 – 19:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:03 – 19:37
Amṛta Kāla18:48 – 20:33
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:45

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:18 – 13:59
Yamaganda07:14 – 08:55
Gulika Kāla10:37 – 12:18
Varjyam06:07 – 06:28
Dur Muhūrta 08:42 – 09:09

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:33 – 07:14 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:14 – 08:55 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:55 – 10:37 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:37 – 12:18 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:18 – 13:59 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:59 – 15:40 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:40 – 17:22 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:22 – 19:03 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:03 – 20:22 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:22 – 21:40 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:40 – 22:59 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:59 – 00:18 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:18 – 01:37 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:37 – 02:55 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:55 – 04:14 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:14 – 05:33 (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 Year5117 · Kali-5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868683.27 · 5116.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457148.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0673° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)202.90° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 17/30)
🪷 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 (24.0673°) · declination 16.40° · EoT 3.44 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:2015-05-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)