पञ्चाङ्ग — Śṛṅgerī (Śaṅkara-pīṭha) · April 23, 2018 CE

🪷 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 4.38 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते।

तत्स्वयं योगसंसिद्धः कालेनात्मनि विन्दति।।4.38।।
"4.38 There is nothing in the world so purifying as wisdom; and he who is a perfect saint finds that at last in his own Self." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya8.74°MeṣaAśvinī P3
चन्द्र Candra100.52°KarkaPuṣya P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala265.25°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha342.80°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati206.05°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra33.64°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
शनि Śani254.89°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

Śṛṅgerī (Śaṅkara-pīṭha) — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:12 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:43 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:27 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:13 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:56 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 31 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 28 Mins 48 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:32 – 05:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:09 – 06:12
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:52
Vijaya Muhūrta14:33 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta18:31 – 18:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:43 – 19:14
Amṛta Kāla18:28 – 20:13
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:52

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:46 – 09:20
Yamaganda10:53 – 12:27
Gulika Kāla14:01 – 15:35
Varjyam06:43 – 07:03
Dur Muhūrta 09:07 – 09:32

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:12 – 07:46 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:46 – 09:20 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:20 – 10:53 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:53 – 12:27 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:27 – 14:01 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:01 – 15:35 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:35 – 17:09 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:09 – 18:43 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:43 – 20:09 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:09 – 21:35 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:35 – 23:01 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:01 – 00:27 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:27 – 01:53 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:53 – 03:20 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:20 – 04:46 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:46 – 06:12 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 13.4198°
Longitude: 75.2526°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Puṣya alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869766.27
Julian Day2458231.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1087°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)90.93°
🪷 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 (24.1087°), declination 12.46°, EoT 1.60 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: 2018-04-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)