पञ्चाङ्ग — Ujjain · February 16, 1853 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: भीष्माष्टमी — Bhīṣmāṣṭamī
Bhīṣma's mahaprasthāna anniversary (Māgha Śukla 8); Bhīṣma-tarpaṇa.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.36 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः।

अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः।।3.36।।
"3.36 Arjuna asked: My Lord! Tell me, what is it that drives a man to sin, even against his will and as if by compulsion?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1910 Akṣaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1775 Pramādī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1260
Malayalam Era: 1029
Nanakshahi: 384
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya305.54°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra34.55°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala303.03°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha299.45°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati240.60°DhanuMūla P1
शुक्र Śukra285.68°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani21.85°MeṣaBharaṇī P3

☀️ Ujjain — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:59 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:24 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:41 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:00 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:15 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 24 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 35 Mins 44 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:28 – 06:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:02 – 06:59
Abhijit Muhūrta12:19 – 13:04
Vijaya Muhūrta14:35 – 15:21
Godhūli Muhūrta18:12 – 18:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:24 – 18:52
Amṛta Kāla18:09 – 19:54
Niśīta Muhūrta00:19 – 01:04

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:41 – 14:07
Yamaganda08:25 – 09:50
Gulika Kāla11:16 – 12:41
Varjyam07:28 – 07:46
Dur Muhūrta 09:39 – 10:02

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:59 – 08:25 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:25 – 09:50 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:50 – 11:16 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:16 – 12:41 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:41 – 14:07 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:07 – 15:32 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:32 – 16:58 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:58 – 18:24 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:24 – 19:58 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:58 – 21:32 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:32 – 23:07 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:07 – 00:41 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:41 – 02:16 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:16 – 03:50 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:50 – 05:25 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:25 – 06:59 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 23.1765°
Longitude: 75.7885°
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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī + Kṛttikā)
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)

🌌 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 Year4954 · Kali-4954
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1809435.27 · 4954.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2397900.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)21.8013° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)89.94° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (21.8013°) · declination -12.39° · EoT -14.54 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:1853-02-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)