पञ्चाङ्ग — Shimla, Himachal Pradesh · March 9, 2017 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: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.2 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाचइदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते।एतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहुः क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तद्विदः।।13.2।।
"13.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: O Arjuna! The body of man is the playground of the Self; and That which knows the activities of Matter, sages call the Self." — Shri Purohit Swami
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📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla 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)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya324.57°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra100.65°KarkaPuṣya P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala4.94°MeṣaAśvinī P2
बुध Budha326.11°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati177.13°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra348.46°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani242.87°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:40 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:26 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:33 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:46 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:28 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 46 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 13 Mins 54 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:05 – 05:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:41 – 06:40
Abhijit Muhūrta12:09 – 12:56
Vijaya Muhūrta14:30 – 15:17
Godhūli Muhūrta18:14 – 18:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:26 – 18:55
Amṛta Kāla18:11 – 19:56
Niśīta Muhūrta00:09 – 00:56

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:01 – 15:29
Yamaganda06:40 – 08:08
Gulika Kāla09:36 – 11:04
Varjyam07:09 – 07:28
Dur Muhūrta 09:24 – 09:48

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
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 · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:40 – 08:08 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:08 – 09:36 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:36 – 11:04 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:04 – 12:33 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:33 – 14:01 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:01 – 15:29 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:29 – 16:57 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:57 – 18:26 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:26 – 19:57 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:57 – 21:29 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:29 – 23:01 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:01 – 00:33 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:33 – 02:04 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:04 – 03:36 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:36 – 05:08 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:08 – 06:40 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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)1869356.27 · 5118.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457821.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0931° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)136.45° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (24.0931°) · declination -4.49° · EoT -11.28 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:2017-03-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)