पञ्चाङ्ग — Shimla, Himachal Pradesh · February 14, 2017 CE

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🪷 आज: अङ्गारक चतुर्थी — Aṅgāraka Caturthī (Tuesday Caturthī)
Tuesday-Caturthī (rare); supremely auspicious for Maṅgala-doṣa-nivāraṇa.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.54 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
भक्त्या त्वनन्यया शक्य अहमेवंविधोऽर्जुन।

ज्ञातुं दृष्टुं च तत्त्वेन प्रवेष्टुं च परंतप।।11.54।।
"11.54 Only by tireless devotion can I be seen and known; only thus can a man become one with Me, O Arjuna!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.54's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya301.44°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra158.20°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala348.13°MīnaRevatī P1
बुध Budha285.89°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati178.47°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra342.93°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani241.44°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:04 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:08 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:36 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:02 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:03 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 03 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 56 Mins 03 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:35 – 06:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:09 – 07:04
Abhijit Muhūrta12:14 – 12:58
Vijaya Muhūrta14:27 – 15:11
Godhūli Muhūrta17:56 – 18:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:08 – 18:36
Amṛta Kāla17:53 – 19:38
Niśīta Muhūrta00:14 – 00:58

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:22 – 16:45
Yamaganda09:50 – 11:13
Gulika Kāla12:36 – 13:59
Varjyam07:32 – 07:49
Dur Muhūrta 09:39 – 10:01

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:04 – 08:27 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:27 – 09:50 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:50 – 11:13 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:13 – 12:36 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:36 – 13:59 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:59 – 15:22 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:22 – 16:45 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:45 – 18:08 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:08 – 19:45 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:45 – 21:22 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:22 – 22:59 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:59 – 00:36 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:36 – 02:13 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:13 – 03:50 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:50 – 05:27 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:27 – 07:04 (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 Year5118 · Kali-5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869333.27 · 5118.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457798.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0922° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)218.29° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (24.0922°) · declination -13.01° · EoT -14.59 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:2017-02-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)