पञ्चाङ्ग — Thane, Maharashtra · March 4, 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: होलिका दहन — Holikā Dahana
Burning of Holikā; Prahlāda saved by Hari. Eve of Holi.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.3 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
मम योनिर्महद्ब्रह्म तस्मिन् गर्भं दधाम्यहम्।संभवः सर्वभूतानां ततो भवति भारत।।14.3।।
"14.3 The eternal Cosmos is My womb, in which I plant the seed, from which all beings are born, O Prince!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya319.95°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra124.54°SiṃhaMaghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala320.09°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha300.83°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati258.58°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra3.99°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शनि Śani331.98°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:56 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:45 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:51 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:29 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:09 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 49 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 10 Mins 48 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:21 – 06:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:57 – 06:56
Abhijit Muhūrta12:27 – 13:14
Vijaya Muhūrta14:49 – 15:36
Godhūli Muhūrta18:33 – 18:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:45 – 19:15
Amṛta Kāla18:30 – 20:15
Niśīta Muhūrta00:27 – 01:14

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:25 – 09:53
Yamaganda11:22 – 12:51
Gulika Kāla14:19 – 15:48
Varjyam07:25 – 07:44
Dur Muhūrta 09:41 – 10:05

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:56 – 08:25 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:25 – 09:53 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:53 – 11:22 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:22 – 12:51 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:51 – 14:19 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:19 – 15:48 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:48 – 17:16 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:16 – 18:45 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:45 – 20:16 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:16 – 21:48 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:48 – 23:19 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:19 – 00:51 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:51 – 02:22 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:22 – 03:53 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:53 – 05:25 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:25 – 06:56 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 19.2183°
Longitude: 72.9781°
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 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 Year5097 · Kali-5097
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861681.27 · 5097.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450146.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7995° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)163.70° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 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 (23.7995°) · declination -6.39° · EoT -12.45 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:1996-03-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)