पञ्चाङ्ग — Shimla, Himachal Pradesh · April 29, 2018 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
?format=json (for AI agents · structured JSON envelope)
🪷 आज: बुद्ध पूर्णिमा — Buddha Pūrṇimā
Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and mahāparinirvāṇa all on this Vaiśākha Pūrṇimā. Most sacred Buddhist + Vaishnava day.
Historical anchor: Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (Lumbinī, Nepal) — -0562-04-11 →

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.2 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

संन्यासः कर्मयोगश्च निःश्रेयसकरावुभौ।

तयोस्तु कर्मसंन्यासात्कर्मयोगो विशिष्यते।।5.2।।
"5.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Renunciation of action and the path of right action both lead to the highest; of the two, right action is the better." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya14.58°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
चन्द्र Candra182.62°TulāCitrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala268.16°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha347.38°MīnaRevatī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati205.33°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra40.93°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शनि Śani254.81°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:39 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:58 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:53 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:08 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 19 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 40 Mins 34 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:52 – 04:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:32 – 05:39
Abhijit Muhūrta11:52 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:32 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta18:46 – 19:10
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:58 – 19:32
Amṛta Kāla18:43 – 20:28
Niśīta Muhūrta23:52 – 00:45

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:18 – 18:58
Yamaganda12:19 – 13:59
Gulika Kāla15:39 – 17:18
Varjyam06:12 – 06:34
Dur Muhūrta 08:45 – 09:12

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:39 – 07:19 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:19 – 08:59 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:59 – 10:39 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:39 – 12:19 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:19 – 13:59 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:59 – 15:39 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:39 – 17:18 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:18 – 18:58 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:58 – 20:18 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:18 – 21:39 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:39 – 22:59 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:59 – 00:19 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:19 – 01:39 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:39 – 02:59 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:59 – 04:19 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:19 – 05:39 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · festival walk
Today is Buddha Pūrṇimā — its dedicated walk.
Bhāgavata 1.3.24 (Buddha as 21st avatāra) + BG 12.13 (compassion) + Dhammapada parallels.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Citrā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

🌌 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 Year5120 · Kali-5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869772.27 · 5119.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458237.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1090° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)169.49° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 15/30)
🪷 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 (24.1090°) · declination 14.40° · EoT 2.64 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:2018-04-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)