पञ्चाङ्ग — Srinagar, J&K · July 18, 1996 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.40 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न तदस्ति पृथिव्यां वा दिवि देवेषु वा पुनः।सत्त्वं प्रकृतिजैर्मुक्तं यदेभिः स्यात्ित्रभिर्गुणैः।।18.40।।
"18.40 There is nothing anywhere on earth or in the higher worlds which is free from the three Qualities - for they are born of Nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.40's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya91.90°KarkaPunarvasu P4
चन्द्र Candra117.73°KarkaAśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala61.02°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
बुध Budha99.59°KarkaPuṣya P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati257.33°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra52.15°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शनि Śani343.56°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

☀️ Srinagar, J&K — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:32 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:41 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:37 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:37 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:03 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 09 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 50 Mins 37 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:39 – 04:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:21 – 05:32
Abhijit Muhūrta12:08 – 13:05
Vijaya Muhūrta14:58 – 15:55
Godhūli Muhūrta19:29 – 19:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:41 – 20:17
Amṛta Kāla19:26 – 21:11
Niśīta Muhūrta00:08 – 01:05

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:23 – 16:09
Yamaganda05:32 – 07:18
Gulika Kāla09:04 – 10:50
Varjyam06:07 – 06:30
Dur Muhūrta 08:50 – 09:18

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:32 – 07:18 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:18 – 09:04 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:04 – 10:50 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:50 – 12:37 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:37 – 14:23 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:23 – 16:09 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla16:09 – 17:55 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:55 – 19:41 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:41 – 20:55 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:55 – 22:09 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha22:09 – 23:23 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:23 – 00:37 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:37 – 01:50 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:50 – 03:04 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:04 – 04:18 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:18 – 05:32 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 34.0837°
Longitude: 74.7973°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861817.27 · 5097.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450282.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8047° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)28.59° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 3/30)
🪷 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 (23.8047°) · declination 21.00° · EoT -5.86 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:1996-07-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)