पञ्चाङ्ग — Vṛndāvana · March 20, 1898 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: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.11 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
मयि चानन्ययोगेन भक्ितरव्यभिचारिणी।विविक्तदेशसेवित्वमरतिर्जनसंसदि।।13.11।।
"13.11 Unswerving devotion to Me, by concentration on Me and Me alone, a love for solitude, indifference to social life;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1955 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1820 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1305
Malayalam Era: 1074
Nanakshahi: 429
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya337.03°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra308.15°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala308.06°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
बुध Budha341.71°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati164.51°KanyāHasta P2
शुक्र Śukra346.40°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani230.96°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:24 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:31 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:28 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:53 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:11 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 06 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 53 Mins 22 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:47 – 05:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:24 – 06:24
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 12:52
Vijaya Muhūrta14:29 – 15:17
Godhūli Muhūrta18:19 – 18:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:31 – 19:01
Amṛta Kāla18:16 – 20:01
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 00:52

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:00 – 18:31
Yamaganda12:28 – 13:58
Gulika Kāla15:29 – 17:00
Varjyam06:54 – 07:14
Dur Muhūrta 09:14 – 09:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ 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 · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:24 – 07:55 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:55 – 09:26 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:26 – 10:57 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:57 – 12:28 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:28 – 13:58 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:58 – 15:29 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:29 – 17:00 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:00 – 18:31 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:31 – 20:00 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:00 – 21:29 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:29 – 22:58 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:58 – 00:28 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:28 – 01:57 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:57 – 03:26 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:26 – 04:55 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:55 – 06:24 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 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 Year4999 · Kali-4999
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1825903.27 · 4999.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2414368.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.4311° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)332.48° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (22.4311°) · declination -0.21° · EoT -8.15 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:1898-03-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)