पञ्चाङ्ग — Ujjain · July 12, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.18 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
यदा विनियतं चित्तमात्मन्येवावतिष्ठते।

निःस्पृहः सर्वकामेभ्यो युक्त इत्युच्यते तदा।।6.18।।
"6.18 When the mind, completely controlled, is centered in the Self, and free from all earthly desires, then is the man truly spiritual." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya86.05°MithunaPunarvasu P2
चन्द्र Candra176.03°KanyāCitrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala209.81°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha91.60°KarkaPunarvasu P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati143.97°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra95.48°KarkaPuṣya P1
शनि Śani226.32°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:48 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:16 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:32 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:43 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:21 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 27 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 32 Mins 40 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:01 – 04:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:41 – 05:48
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 12:59
Vijaya Muhūrta14:47 – 15:40
Godhūli Muhūrta19:04 – 19:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:16 – 19:49
Amṛta Kāla19:01 – 20:46
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 00:59

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:54 – 17:35
Yamaganda09:10 – 10:51
Gulika Kāla12:32 – 14:13
Varjyam06:22 – 06:44
Dur Muhūrta 08:57 – 09:24

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:48 – 07:29 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:29 – 09:10 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:10 – 10:51 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:51 – 12:32 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:32 – 14:13 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:13 – 15:54 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:54 – 17:35 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:35 – 19:16 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:16 – 20:35 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:35 – 21:54 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:54 – 23:13 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:13 – 00:32 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:32 – 01:51 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:51 – 03:10 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:10 – 04:29 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:29 – 05:48 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 23.1765°
Longitude: 75.7885°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Citrā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869116.27
Julian Day2457581.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0839°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)90.09°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0839°), declination 21.93°, EoT -5.24 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2016-07-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)