पञ्चाङ्ग — Srinagar, J&K · April 18, 2003 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: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.14 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अनन्यचेताः सततं यो मां स्मरति नित्यशः।

तस्याहं सुलभः पार्थ नित्ययुक्तस्य योगिनः।।8.14।।
"8.14 To him who thinks constantly of Me, and of nothing else, to such an ever-faithful devotee, O Arjuna, am I ever accessible." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2060 Durmukhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1925 Subhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1410
Malayalam Era: 1179
Nanakshahi: 534
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya3.71°MeṣaAśvinī P2
चन्द्र Candra201.14°TulāViśākhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala273.65°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha23.28°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati104.41°KarkaPuṣya P4
शुक्र Śukra331.71°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani60.76°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:57 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:04 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:23 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:57 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 06 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 53 Mins 25 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:12 – 05:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:51 – 05:57
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:57
Vijaya Muhūrta14:41 – 15:34
Godhūli Muhūrta18:52 – 19:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:04 – 19:36
Amṛta Kāla18:49 – 20:34
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:57

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:52 – 12:30
Yamaganda15:47 – 17:25
Gulika Kāla07:35 – 09:14
Varjyam06:30 – 06:51
Dur Muhūrta 09:01 – 09:27

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:57 – 07:35 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:35 – 09:14 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:14 – 10:52 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:52 – 12:30 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:30 – 14:09 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:09 – 15:47 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:47 – 17:25 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:25 – 19:04 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:04 – 20:25 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:25 – 21:47 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:47 – 23:09 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:09 – 00:30 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:30 – 01:52 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:52 – 03:14 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:14 – 04:35 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:35 – 05:57 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 34.0837°
Longitude: 74.7973°
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 Year5105 · Kali-5105
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864282.27 · 5104.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452747.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8990° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)195.75° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 17/30)
🪷 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 (23.8990°) · declination 10.62° · EoT 0.51 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:2003-04-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)