पञ्चाङ्ग — Somnāth · August 24, 2018 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: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.13 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्याहरन्मामनुस्मरन्।

यः प्रयाति त्यजन्देहं स याति परमां गतिम्।।8.13।।
"8.13 Repeating Om, the Symbol of Eternity, holding Me always in remembrance, he who thus leaves his body and goes forth reaches the Spirit Supreme." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya126.74°SiṃhaMaghā P3
चन्द्र Candra279.79°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala274.33°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha108.67°KarkaAśleṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati201.93°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra172.22°KanyāHasta P4
शनि Śani248.46°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:29 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:50 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:31 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:35 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 41 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 18 Mins 08 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:48 – 05:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:26 – 06:29
Abhijit Muhūrta12:25 – 13:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:57 – 15:48
Godhūli Muhūrta18:59 – 19:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:11 – 19:43
Amṛta Kāla18:56 – 20:41
Niśīta Muhūrta00:25 – 01:16

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:15 – 12:50
Yamaganda16:01 – 17:36
Gulika Kāla08:05 – 09:40
Varjyam07:01 – 07:22
Dur Muhūrta 09:27 – 09:53

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:29 – 08:05 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:05 – 09:40 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:40 – 11:15 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:15 – 12:50 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:50 – 14:26 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:26 – 16:01 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg16:01 – 17:36 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:36 – 19:11 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:11 – 20:36 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:36 – 22:01 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala22:01 – 23:26 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:26 – 00:50 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:50 – 02:15 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:15 – 03:40 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:40 – 05:05 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:05 – 06:29 (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 Year5120 · Kali-5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869889.27 · 5119.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458354.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1134° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)152.12° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (24.1134°) · declination 11.17° · EoT -1.99 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:2018-08-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)