पञ्चाङ्ग — Ujjain · May 8, 2018 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.11 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
कायेन मनसा बुद्ध्या केवलैरिन्द्रियैरपि।

योगिनः कर्म कुर्वन्ति सङ्गं त्यक्त्वाऽऽत्मशुद्धये।।5.11।।
"5.11 The sage performs his action dispassionately, using his body, mind and intellect, and even his senses, always as a means of purification." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya23.31°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra292.84°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala272.26°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha357.62°MīnaRevatī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati204.21°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra51.82°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शनि Śani254.59°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:49 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:57 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:46 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:56 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 07 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 52 Mins 04 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:04 – 04:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:44 – 05:49
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:35 – 15:27
Godhūli Muhūrta18:45 – 19:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:57 – 19:30
Amṛta Kāla18:42 – 20:27
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:50

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:40 – 17:19
Yamaganda09:06 – 10:45
Gulika Kāla12:23 – 14:02
Varjyam06:22 – 06:43
Dur Muhūrta 08:53 – 09:19

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:49 – 07:28 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:28 – 09:06 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:06 – 10:45 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:45 – 12:23 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:23 – 14:02 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:02 – 15:40 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:40 – 17:19 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:19 – 18:57 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:57 – 20:19 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:19 – 21:40 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:40 – 23:02 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:02 – 00:23 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:23 – 01:45 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:45 – 03:06 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:06 – 04:28 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:28 – 05:49 (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 Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Dhaniṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year5120 · Kali-5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869781.27 · 5119.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458246.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1093° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)271.50° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30)
🪷 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 (24.1093°) · declination 17.03° · EoT 3.58 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:2018-05-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)