पञ्चाङ्ग — Shimla, Himachal Pradesh · August 22, 2020 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: गणेश चतुर्थी — Gaṇeśa Caturthī
Gaṇeśa's birth day; 11-day festival in Maharashtra.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.13 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
महात्मानस्तु मां पार्थ दैवीं प्रकृतिमाश्रिताः।

भजन्त्यनन्यमनसो ज्ञात्वा भूतादिमव्ययम्।।9.13।।
"9.13 But the Great Souls, O Arjuna! Filled with My Divine Spirit, they worship Me, they fix their minds on Me and on Me alone, for they know that I am the imperishable Source of being." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya125.28°SiṃhaMaghā P2
चन्द्र Candra165.59°KanyāHasta P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala1.16°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha129.43°SiṃhaMaghā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati264.03°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra79.43°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शनि Śani272.31°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:51 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:56 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:12 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:58 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 05 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 54 Mins 42 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:06 – 04:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:46 – 05:51
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:35 – 15:27
Godhūli Muhūrta18:44 – 19:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:56 – 19:29
Amṛta Kāla18:41 – 20:26
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:50

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:08 – 10:46
Yamaganda14:02 – 15:40
Gulika Kāla05:51 – 07:29
Varjyam06:24 – 06:45
Dur Muhūrta 08:54 – 09:21

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:51 – 07:29 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:29 – 09:08 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:08 – 10:46 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:46 – 12:24 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:24 – 14:02 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:02 – 15:40 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:40 – 17:18 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:18 – 18:56 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:56 – 20:18 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:18 – 21:40 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:40 – 23:02 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:02 – 00:24 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:24 – 01:46 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:46 – 03:08 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:08 – 04:29 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:29 – 05:51 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5122 · Kali-5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870618.27 · 5121.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2459083.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1413° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)37.77° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (24.1413°) · declination 11.67° · EoT -2.54 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:2020-08-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)