पञ्चाङ्ग — Shimla, Himachal Pradesh · October 24, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: कार्तिक पूर्णिमा — Kārtika Pūrṇimā / Tripurī Pūrṇimā
Day Mahābhārata war began (4 Oct 3138 BCE). Śiva destroyed Tripurāsura.
Historical anchor: Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (Kurukṣetra) — -3137-10-04 →

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.12 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

परं ब्रह्म परं धाम पवित्रं परमं भवान्।

पुरुषं शाश्वतं दिव्यमादिदेवमजं विभुम्।।10.12।।
"10.12 Arjuna asked: Thou art the Supreme Spirit, the Eternal Home, the Holiest of the Holy, the Eternal Divine Self, the Primal God, the Unborn and the Omnipresent." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya186.46°TulāCitrā P4
चन्द्र Candra358.44°MīnaRevatī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala292.38°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
बुध Budha206.23°TulāViśākhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati212.49°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शुक्र Śukra190.41°TulāSvātī P2
शनि Śani250.10°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:30 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:41 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:09 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:57 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 10 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 49 Mins 17 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:00 – 05:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:34 – 06:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:28
Vijaya Muhūrta13:57 – 14:42
Godhūli Muhūrta17:29 – 17:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:41 – 18:08
Amṛta Kāla17:26 – 19:11
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:28

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:05 – 13:29
Yamaganda07:54 – 09:17
Gulika Kāla10:41 – 12:05
Varjyam06:58 – 07:16
Dur Muhūrta 09:06 – 09:29

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:30 – 07:54 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:54 – 09:17 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:17 – 10:41 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:41 – 12:05 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:05 – 13:29 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:29 – 14:53 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:53 – 16:17 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:17 – 17:41 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:41 – 19:17 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:17 – 20:53 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:53 – 22:29 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:29 – 00:05 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:05 – 01:41 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:41 – 03:17 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:17 – 04:54 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:54 – 06:30 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Revatī 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

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869950.27
Julian Day2458415.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1158°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)171.15°
🪷 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 (24.1158°), declination -11.67°, EoT 16.15 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: 2018-10-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)