पञ्चाङ्ग — Shimla, Himachal Pradesh · July 3, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.38 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति।

अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि।।6.38।।
"6.38 Having failed in both, my Lord, is he without hope, like a riven cloud having no support, lost on the spiritual road?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya76.98°MithunaĀrdrā P4
चन्द्र Candra309.60°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala284.61°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha101.23°KarkaPuṣya P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati199.19°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra117.68°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शनि Śani251.22°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:21 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:29 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:18 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:34 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 07 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 52 Mins 41 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:29 – 04:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:11 – 05:21
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:53
Vijaya Muhūrta14:46 – 15:43
Godhūli Muhūrta19:17 – 19:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:29 – 20:04
Amṛta Kāla19:14 – 20:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:53

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:57 – 17:43
Yamaganda08:53 – 10:39
Gulika Kāla12:25 – 14:11
Varjyam05:57 – 06:19
Dur Muhūrta 08:39 – 09:07

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:21 – 07:07 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:07 – 08:53 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:53 – 10:39 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:39 – 12:25 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:25 – 14:11 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:11 – 15:57 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:57 – 17:43 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:43 – 19:29 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:29 – 20:43 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:43 – 21:57 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:57 – 23:11 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:11 – 00:25 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:25 – 01:39 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:39 – 02:53 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:53 – 04:07 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:07 – 05:21 (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

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869837.27
Julian Day2458302.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1115°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)236.69°
🪷 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 (24.1115°), declination 22.97°, EoT -3.84 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: 2018-07-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)