पञ्चाङ्ग — Ujjain · August 20, 2256 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: मासिक शिवरात्रि — Māsika Śivarātri
Monthly Śiva observance.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.13 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्याहरन्मामनुस्मरन्।

यः प्रयाति त्यजन्देहं स याति परमां गतिम्।।8.13।।
"8.13 Repeating Om, the Symbol of Eternity, holding Me always in remembrance, he who thus leaves his body and goes forth reaches the Spirit Supreme." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2313 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 2178 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1663
Malayalam Era: 1432
Nanakshahi: 787
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya120.02°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra104.20°KarkaPuṣya P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala123.52°SiṃhaMaghā P2
बुध Budha103.55°KarkaPuṣya P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati219.59°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शुक्र Śukra152.76°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani274.51°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:05 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:55 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:53 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:00 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 50 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 09 Mins 30 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:22 – 05:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:00 – 06:05
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:56
Vijaya Muhūrta14:38 – 15:30
Godhūli Muhūrta18:43 – 19:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:55 – 19:27
Amṛta Kāla18:40 – 20:25
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:56

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:30 – 14:06
Yamaganda07:41 – 09:17
Gulika Kāla10:54 – 12:30
Varjyam06:37 – 06:57
Dur Muhūrta 09:04 – 09:30

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical 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 Labha06:05 – 07:41 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:41 – 09:17 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:17 – 10:54 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:54 – 12:30 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:30 – 14:06 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:06 – 15:43 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:43 – 17:19 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:19 – 18:55 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:55 – 20:19 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:19 – 21:43 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:43 – 23:06 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:06 – 00:30 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:30 – 01:54 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:54 – 03:17 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:17 – 04:41 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:41 – 06:05 (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 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 Year5358 · Kali-5358
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1956813.27 · 5357.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2545278.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)27.4380° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)345.91° · 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 (27.4380°) · declination 12.35° · EoT -3.05 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:2256-08-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)