पञ्चाङ्ग — Shimla, Himachal Pradesh · July 20, 2015 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 16.23 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
यः शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य वर्तते कामकारतः।न स सिद्धिमवाप्नोति न सुखं न परां गतिम्।।16.23।।
"16.23 But he who neglects the commands of the scriptures, and follows the promptings of passion, he does not attain perfection, happiness or the final goal." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya92.98°KarkaPunarvasu P4
चन्द्र Candra137.99°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala82.71°MithunaPunarvasu P1
बुध Budha88.32°MithunaPunarvasu P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati120.46°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शुक्र Śukra125.94°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शनि Śani214.13°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:30 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:24 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:27 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:08 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:47 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 54 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 05 Mins 44 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:39 – 04:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:21 – 05:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:59 – 12:55
Vijaya Muhūrta14:46 – 15:42
Godhūli Muhūrta19:12 – 19:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:24 – 19:59
Amṛta Kāla19:09 – 20:54
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:14 – 08:59
Yamaganda10:43 – 12:27
Gulika Kāla14:12 – 15:56
Varjyam06:05 – 06:27
Dur Muhūrta 08:45 – 09:13

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:30 – 07:14 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:14 – 08:59 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:59 – 10:43 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:43 – 12:27 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:27 – 14:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:12 – 15:56 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:56 – 17:40 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:40 – 19:24 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:24 – 20:40 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:40 – 21:56 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:56 – 23:12 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:12 – 00:27 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:27 – 01:43 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:43 – 02:59 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:59 – 04:14 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:14 – 05:30 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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)1868758.27 · 5116.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457223.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0702° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)48.09° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 5/30)
🪷 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 (24.0702°) · declination 20.75° · EoT -5.99 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:2015-07-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)