पञ्चाङ्ग — Thane, Maharashtra · October 24, 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: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.13 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा।

तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति।।2.13।।
"2.13 As the soul experiences in this body infancy, youth and old age, so finally it passes into another. The wise have no delusion about this." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya187.10°TulāSvātī P1
चन्द्र Candra334.01°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala122.70°SiṃhaMaghā P1
बुध Budha181.11°TulāCitrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati257.87°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra149.72°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani338.13°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:35 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:09 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:08 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:11 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 33 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 26 Mins 09 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:02 – 05:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:37 – 06:35
Abhijit Muhūrta11:59 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:18 – 15:04
Godhūli Muhūrta17:57 – 18:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:09 – 18:38
Amṛta Kāla17:54 – 19:39
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:45

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:49 – 15:15
Yamaganda06:35 – 08:02
Gulika Kāla09:28 – 10:55
Varjyam07:04 – 07:22
Dur Muhūrta 09:17 – 09:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:35 – 08:02 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:02 – 09:28 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:28 – 10:55 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:55 – 12:22 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:22 – 13:49 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:49 – 15:15 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:15 – 16:42 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:42 – 18:09 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:09 – 19:42 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:42 – 21:15 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:15 – 22:49 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:49 – 00:22 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:22 – 01:55 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:55 – 03:28 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:28 – 05:02 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:02 – 06:35 (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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861915.27 · 5097.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450380.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8085° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)148.57° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (23.8085°) · declination -11.79° · EoT 16.15 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:1996-10-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)