पञ्चाङ्ग — Thane, Maharashtra · March 29, 1998 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: चैत्र नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Caitra Navrātri Start (Gudhi Padwā)
Spring Navrātri begins; Vasanta-pakṣa Devī worship. Maharashtra: Gudhi Padwā. South: Ugadi. Sindhi: Cheti Chand.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.10 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
काममाश्रित्य दुष्पूरं दम्भमानमदान्विताः।मोहाद्गृहीत्वासद्ग्राहान्प्रवर्तन्तेऽशुचिव्रताः।।16.10।।
"16.10 Giving themselves up to insatiable passions, hypocritical, self-sufficient and arrogant, cherishing false conception founded on delusion, they work only to carry out their own unholy purposes." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya344.32°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
चन्द्र Candra357.33°MīnaRevatī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala354.91°MīnaRevatī P3
बुध Budha357.79°MīnaRevatī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati318.67°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra297.82°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani357.56°MīnaRevatī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:35 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:51 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:43 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:21 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:49 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 16 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 43 Mins 54 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:57 – 05:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:34 – 06:35
Abhijit Muhūrta12:19 – 13:08
Vijaya Muhūrta14:46 – 15:35
Godhūli Muhūrta18:39 – 19:03
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:51 – 19:22
Amṛta Kāla18:36 – 20:21
Niśīta Muhūrta00:19 – 01:08

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:19 – 18:51
Yamaganda12:43 – 14:15
Gulika Kāla15:47 – 17:19
Varjyam07:06 – 07:26
Dur Muhūrta 09:27 – 09:52

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:35 – 08:07 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:07 – 09:39 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:39 – 11:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:11 – 12:43 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:43 – 14:15 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:15 – 15:47 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:47 – 17:19 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:19 – 18:51 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:51 – 20:19 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:19 – 21:47 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:47 – 23:15 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:15 – 00:43 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:43 – 02:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:11 – 03:39 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:39 – 05:07 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:07 – 06:35 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 19.2183°
Longitude: 72.9781°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 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 Year5099 · Kali-5099
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862436.27 · 5099.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450901.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8284° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)11.86° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (23.8284°) · declination 3.23° · EoT -5.30 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:1998-03-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)