पञ्चाङ्ग — Thane, Maharashtra · August 3, 1916 CE

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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.

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: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1973 Śukla
Śaka Saṁvat: 1838 Nala
Bengali Saṁvat: 1323
Malayalam Era: 1092
Nanakshahi: 447
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya107.66°KarkaAśleṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra151.64°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala165.01°KanyāHasta P2
बुध Budha114.94°KarkaAśleṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati12.56°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra72.87°MithunaĀrdrā P2
शनि Śani90.70°KarkaPunarvasu P4

☀️ Thane, Maharashtra — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:15 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:13 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:44 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:34 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:45 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 58 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 01 Mins 37 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:31 – 05:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:10 – 06:15
Abhijit Muhūrta12:18 – 13:10
Vijaya Muhūrta14:54 – 15:46
Godhūli Muhūrta19:01 – 19:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:13 – 19:46
Amṛta Kāla18:58 – 20:43
Niśīta Muhūrta00:18 – 01:10

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:21 – 15:59
Yamaganda06:15 – 07:52
Gulika Kāla09:29 – 11:07
Varjyam06:47 – 07:08
Dur Muhūrta 09:16 – 09:42

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
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 · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:15 – 07:52 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:52 – 09:29 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:29 – 11:07 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:07 – 12:44 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:44 – 14:21 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:21 – 15:59 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:59 – 17:36 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:36 – 19:13 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:13 – 20:36 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:36 – 21:59 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:59 – 23:21 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:21 – 00:44 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:44 – 02:07 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:07 – 03:29 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:29 – 04:52 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:52 – 06:15 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 19.2183°
Longitude: 72.9781°
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 Year5018 · Kali-5018
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1832613.27 · 5017.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2421078.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.6878° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)47.13° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (22.6878°) · declination 17.65° · EoT -5.88 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:1916-08-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)