पञ्चाङ्ग — Shimla, Himachal Pradesh · June 25, 2017 CE

Also observed today

मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति · Mithuna SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 17.4 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga

यजन्ते सात्त्विका देवान्यक्षरक्षांसि राजसाः।प्रेतान्भूतगणांश्चान्ये यजन्ते तामसा जनाः।।17.4।।

"17.4 The Pure worship the true God; the Passionate, the powers of wealth and magic; the Ignorant, the spirits of the dead and of the lower orders of nature." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 17.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa

Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1424

Malayalam Era: 1193

Nanakshahi: 548

Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)

Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Punarvasu Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	69.60°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P1
चन्द्र Candra	82.79°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	79.11°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P4
बुध Budha	73.57°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	169.09°	Kanyā	Hasta P3
शुक्र Śukra	24.86°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P4
शनि Śani	239.55°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:19 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:28 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:24 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	06:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	20:17 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	14 Hours 09 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	9 Hours 50 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:25 – 04:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:08 – 05:19
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:55 – 12:52
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:45 – 15:42
Godhūli Muhūrta	19:16 – 19:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:28 – 20:04
Amṛta Kāla	19:13 – 20:58
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:55 – 00:52

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	17:42 – 19:28
Yamaganda	12:24 – 14:10
Gulika Kāla	15:56 – 17:42
Varjyam	05:54 – 06:17
Dur Muhūrta	08:37 – 09:05

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg	05:19 – 07:05 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	07:05 – 08:51 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	08:51 – 10:37 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	10:37 – 12:24 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	12:24 – 14:10 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	14:10 – 15:56 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	15:56 – 17:42 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	17:42 – 19:28 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	19:28 – 20:42 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	20:42 – 21:56 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	21:56 – 23:10 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	23:10 – 00:24 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	00:24 – 01:37 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	01:37 – 02:51 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	02:51 – 04:05 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	04:05 – 05:19 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 31.1048°

Longitude: 77.1734°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Sūrya Walk (सूर्य यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Dvitīyā + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869464.27
Julian Day	2457929.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0972°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	12.85°

🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0972°), declination 23.38°, EoT -2.28 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2017-06-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)