पञ्चाङ्ग — Shimla, Himachal Pradesh · July 21, 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 16.24 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
तस्माच्छास्त्रं प्रमाणं ते कार्याकार्यव्यवस्थितौ।ज्ञात्वा शास्त्रविधानोक्तं कर्म कर्तुमिहार्हसि।।16.24।।
"16.24 Therefore whenever there is doubt whether thou shouldst do a thing or not, let the scriptures guide thy conduct. In the light of the scriptures shouldst thou labour the whole of thy life."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.24'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)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya93.93°KarkaPuṣya P1
चन्द्र Candra149.83°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala83.37°MithunaPunarvasu P2
बुध Budha90.46°KarkaPunarvasu P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati120.66°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शुक्र Śukra126.12°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शनि Śani214.11°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:31 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:24 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:27 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:02 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:20 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 53 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 06 Mins 49 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:40 – 04:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:21 – 05:31
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:55
Vijaya Muhūrta14:46 – 15:42
Godhūli Muhūrta19:12 – 19:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:24 – 19:59
Amṛta Kāla19:09 – 20:54
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:56 – 17:40
Yamaganda08:59 – 10:43
Gulika Kāla12:27 – 14:12
Varjyam06:05 – 06:28
Dur Muhūrta 08:45 – 09:13

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:31 – 07:15 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:15 – 08:59 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:59 – 10:43 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:43 – 12:27 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:27 – 14:12 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:12 – 15:56 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:56 – 17:40 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:40 – 19:24 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:24 – 20:40 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:40 – 21:56 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:56 – 23:12 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:12 – 00:27 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:27 – 01:43 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:43 – 02:59 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:59 – 04:15 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:15 – 05:31 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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)1868759.27 · 5116.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457224.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0702° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)59.10° · 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 20.56° · EoT -6.05 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:2015-07-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)