पञ्चाङ्ग — Shimla, Himachal Pradesh · April 2, 2028 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.17 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः।

रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः।।8.17।।
"8.17 Those who understand the cosmic day and cosmic night know that one day of creation is a thousand cycles, and that the night is of equal length." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2085 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1950 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1435
Malayalam Era: 1204
Nanakshahi: 559
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya348.58°MīnaRevatī P1
चन्द्र Candra68.98°MithunaĀrdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala345.59°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha338.10°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati145.66°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra33.84°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
शनि Śani4.38°MeṣaAśvinī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:09 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:42 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:43 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:51 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 32 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 27 Mins 39 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:29 – 05:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:06 – 06:09
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:31 – 15:21
Godhūli Muhūrta18:30 – 18:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:42 – 19:13
Amṛta Kāla18:27 – 20:12
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:50

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:07 – 18:42
Yamaganda12:25 – 13:59
Gulika Kāla15:33 – 17:07
Varjyam06:41 – 07:01
Dur Muhūrta 09:05 – 09:30

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:09 – 07:43 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:43 – 09:17 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:17 – 10:51 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:51 – 12:25 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:25 – 13:59 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:59 – 15:33 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:33 – 17:07 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:07 – 18:42 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:42 – 20:07 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:07 – 21:33 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:33 – 22:59 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:59 – 00:25 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:25 – 01:51 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:51 – 03:17 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:17 – 04:43 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:43 – 06:09 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5129
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873398.27
Julian Day2461863.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2477°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)83.21°
🪷 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 (24.2477°), declination 5.07°, EoT -4.03 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: 2028-04-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)