पञ्चाङ्ग — Thane, Maharashtra · July 26, 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.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.48 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सहजं कर्म कौन्तेय सदोषमपि न त्यजेत्।सर्वारम्भा हि दोषेण धूमेनाग्निरिवावृताः।।18.48।।
"18.48 The duty that of itself falls to one's lot should not be abandoned, though it may have its defects. All acts are marred by defects, as fire is obscured by smoke." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.48'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 Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya99.53°KarkaPuṣya P2
चन्द्र Candra218.34°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala66.45°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
बुध Budha114.91°KarkaAśleṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati256.41°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra56.85°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
शनि Śani343.52°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:12 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:16 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:44 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:07 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:12 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 03 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 56 Mins 01 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:28 – 05:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:07 – 06:12
Abhijit Muhūrta12:18 – 13:10
Vijaya Muhūrta14:55 – 15:47
Godhūli Muhūrta19:04 – 19:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:16 – 19:49
Amṛta Kāla19:01 – 20:46
Niśīta Muhūrta00:18 – 01:10

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:06 – 12:44
Yamaganda16:00 – 17:38
Gulika Kāla07:50 – 09:28
Varjyam06:45 – 07:06
Dur Muhūrta 09:15 – 09:41

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
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):
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 · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:12 – 07:50 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:50 – 09:28 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:28 – 11:06 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:06 – 12:44 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:44 – 14:22 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:22 – 16:00 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg16:00 – 17:38 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:38 – 19:16 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:16 – 20:38 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:38 – 22:00 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala22:00 – 23:22 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:22 – 00:44 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:44 – 02:06 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:06 – 03:28 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:28 – 04:50 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:50 – 06:12 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 19.2183°
Longitude: 72.9781°
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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861825.27 · 5097.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450290.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8050° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)121.88° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30)
🪷 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 (23.8050°) · declination 19.41° · EoT -6.19 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:1996-07-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)