पञ्चाङ्ग — Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala · February 17, 2016 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
?format=json (for AI agents · structured JSON envelope)
🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.58 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
यदा संहरते चायं कूर्मोऽङ्गानीव सर्वशः।

इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता।।2.58।।
"2.58 He who can withdraw his senses from the attraction of their objects, as the tortoise draws his limbs within its shell - take it that such a one has attained Perfection." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.58's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya303.72°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra55.50°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala208.25°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha279.71°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati146.04°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra275.54°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani230.96°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

☀️ Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:41 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:33 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:37 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:47 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:21 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 52 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 08 Mins 00 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:06 – 05:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:41 – 06:41
Abhijit Muhūrta12:13 – 13:00
Vijaya Muhūrta14:35 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta18:21 – 18:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:33 – 19:02
Amṛta Kāla18:18 – 20:03
Niśīta Muhūrta00:13 – 01:00

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:37 – 14:06
Yamaganda08:10 – 09:39
Gulika Kāla11:08 – 12:37
Varjyam07:10 – 07:29
Dur Muhūrta 09:27 – 09:51

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:41 – 08:10 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:10 – 09:39 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:39 – 11:08 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:08 – 12:37 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:37 – 14:06 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:06 – 15:35 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:35 – 17:04 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:04 – 18:33 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:33 – 20:04 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:04 – 21:35 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:35 – 23:06 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:06 – 00:37 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:37 – 02:08 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:08 – 03:39 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:39 – 05:10 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:10 – 06:41 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 8.5241°
Longitude: 76.9366°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5117 · Kali-5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868970.27 · 5117.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457435.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0783° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)110.33° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 10/30)
🪷 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 (24.0783°) · declination -12.24° · EoT -14.49 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:2016-02-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)