पञ्चाङ्ग — Tokyo, Japan · August 16, 2012 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 5.23 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
शक्नोतीहैव यः सोढुं प्राक्शरीरविमोक्षणात्।

कामक्रोधोद्भवं वेगं स युक्तः स सुखी नरः।।5.23।।
"5.23 He who, before he leaves his body, learns to surmount the promptings of desire and anger is a saint and is happy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya119.56°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra99.71°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala181.00°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha100.71°KarkaPuṣya P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati48.30°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra73.58°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शनि Śani180.58°TulāCitrā P3

☀️ Tokyo, Japan — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC+9)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:01 UTC+9
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:30 UTC+9
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:45 UTC+9
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:25 UTC+9
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:27 UTC+9
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 28 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 31 Mins 02 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:13 – 04:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:53 – 05:01
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:12
Vijaya Muhūrta14:00 – 14:54
Godhūli Muhūrta18:18 – 18:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:30 – 19:04
Amṛta Kāla18:15 – 20:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:12

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:26 – 15:08
Yamaganda05:01 – 06:42
Gulika Kāla08:23 – 10:04
Varjyam05:35 – 05:56
Dur Muhūrta 08:10 – 08:37

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
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 · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:01 – 06:42 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:42 – 08:23 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:23 – 10:04 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:04 – 11:45 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:45 – 13:26 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:26 – 15:08 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:08 – 16:49 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:49 – 18:30 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:30 – 19:49 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:49 – 21:08 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:08 – 22:26 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:26 – 23:45 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:45 – 01:04 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:04 – 02:23 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:23 – 03:42 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:42 – 05:01 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 35.6762°
Longitude: 139.6503°
Timezone: UTC+9

🚶 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 Year5114 · Kali-5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867690.27 · 5113.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456155.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0293° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)339.46° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (24.0293°) · declination 13.66° · EoT -3.97 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:2012-08-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)