पञ्चाङ्ग — Somnāth · August 19, 2016 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: पितृ पक्ष आरम्भ — Pitṛ-Pakṣa Start
Begin 16-day śrāddha period for ancestors. Bhādrapada Pūrṇimā next-day.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.9 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
पुण्यो गन्धः पृथिव्यां च तेजश्चास्मि विभावसौ।

जीवनं सर्वभूतेषु तपश्चास्मि तपस्विषु।।7.9।।
"7.9 I am the Fragrance of earth, the Brilliance of fire. I am the Life Force in all beings, and I am the Austerity of the ascetics." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya122.42°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra310.66°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala222.90°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha149.49°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati150.87°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra142.16°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani225.53°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

☀️ Somnāth — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:28 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:15 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:52 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:37 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:12 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 46 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 13 Mins 15 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:46 – 05:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:24 – 06:28
Abhijit Muhūrta12:26 – 13:17
Vijaya Muhūrta14:59 – 15:51
Godhūli Muhūrta19:03 – 19:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:15 – 19:47
Amṛta Kāla19:00 – 20:45
Niśīta Muhūrta00:26 – 01:17

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:16 – 12:52
Yamaganda16:03 – 17:39
Gulika Kāla08:04 – 09:40
Varjyam07:00 – 07:21
Dur Muhūrta 09:27 – 09:53

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Chala06:28 – 08:04 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:04 – 09:40 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:40 – 11:16 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:16 – 12:52 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:52 – 14:28 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:28 – 16:03 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg16:03 – 17:39 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:39 – 19:15 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:15 – 20:39 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:39 – 22:03 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala22:03 – 23:28 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:28 – 00:52 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:52 – 02:16 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:16 – 03:40 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:40 – 05:04 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:04 – 06:28 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 20.888°
Longitude: 70.4017°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5118 · Kali-5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869154.27 · 5117.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457619.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0853° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)187.00° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (24.0853°) · declination 12.68° · EoT -3.29 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:2016-08-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)