पञ्चाङ्ग — Vṛndāvana · November 13, 1879 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: नरक चतुर्दशी — Naraka Caturdaśī (Choṭī Diwālī)
Krishna slew Narakāsura, freeing 16,000 captive princesses. Day 2 of Diwali.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.60 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
यततो ह्यपि कौन्तेय पुरुषस्य विपश्चितः।

इन्द्रियाणि प्रमाथीनि हरन्ति प्रसभं मनः।।2.60।।
"2.60 O Arjuna! The mind of him, who is trying to conquer it, is forcibly carried away in spite of his efforts, by his tumultuous senses." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.60's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1936 Nandana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1801 Pramāthi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1286
Malayalam Era: 1055
Nanakshahi: 410
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya208.14°TulāViśākhā P3
चन्द्र Candra194.00°TulāSvātī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala29.58°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
बुध Budha230.34°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati312.41°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra165.10°KanyāHasta P2
शनि Śani348.54°MīnaRevatī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:39 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:29 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:34 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:41 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 50 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 09 Mins 17 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:12 – 05:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:45 – 06:39
Abhijit Muhūrta11:42 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:36
Godhūli Muhūrta17:17 – 17:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:29 – 17:57
Amṛta Kāla17:14 – 18:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:42 – 00:26

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:25 – 14:47
Yamaganda06:39 – 08:00
Gulika Kāla09:21 – 10:43
Varjyam07:06 – 07:23
Dur Muhūrta 09:11 – 09:32

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:39 – 08:00 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:00 – 09:21 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:21 – 10:43 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:43 – 12:04 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:04 – 13:25 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:25 – 14:47 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:47 – 16:08 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:08 – 17:29 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:29 – 19:08 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:08 – 20:47 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:47 – 22:25 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:25 – 00:04 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:04 – 01:43 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:43 – 03:21 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:21 – 05:00 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:00 – 06:39 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 27.565°
Longitude: 77.6593°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 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 Year4981 · Kali-4981
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1819201.27 · 4980.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2407666.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.1748° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)346.35° · 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 (22.1748°) · declination -17.82° · EoT 15.26 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:1879-11-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)