पञ्चाङ्ग — Shimla, Himachal Pradesh · October 13, 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: शारदीय नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Śāradīya Navrātri Start
Autumn Navrātri begins; Devī Mahiṣāsura-mardinī worship for 9 nights.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.56 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सर्वकर्माण्यपि सदा कुर्वाणो मद्व्यपाश्रयः।मत्प्रसादादवाप्नोति शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम्।।18.56।।
"18.56 Relying on Me in all his action and doing them for My sake, he attains, by My Grace, Eternal and Unchangeable Life." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.56's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya175.32°KanyāCitrā P1
चन्द्र Candra175.75°KanyāCitrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala136.90°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha157.69°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati138.43°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra129.33°SiṃhaMaghā P3
शनि Śani217.81°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:21 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:52 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:25 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:53 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 31 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 29 Mins 00 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:49 – 05:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:24 – 06:21
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:30
Vijaya Muhūrta14:02 – 14:48
Godhūli Muhūrta17:40 – 18:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:52 – 18:21
Amṛta Kāla17:37 – 19:22
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:30

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:00 – 16:26
Yamaganda09:14 – 10:40
Gulika Kāla12:07 – 13:33
Varjyam06:50 – 07:09
Dur Muhūrta 09:03 – 09:26

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
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 Roga06:21 – 07:48 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:48 – 09:14 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:14 – 10:40 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:40 – 12:07 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:07 – 13:33 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:33 – 15:00 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:00 – 16:26 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:26 – 17:52 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:52 – 19:26 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:26 – 21:00 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:00 – 22:33 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:33 – 00:07 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:07 – 01:40 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:40 – 03:14 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:14 – 04:48 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:48 – 06:21 (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)1868843.27 · 5116.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457308.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0734° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)1.29° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (24.0734°) · declination -7.59° · EoT 14.44 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:2015-10-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)