पञ्चाङ्ग — Vṛndāvana · April 8, 1979 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 any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: कामदा एकादशी — Kāmadā Ekādaśī
Fulfills righteous desires; removes brahma-hatyā.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.38 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम्।परिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम्।।18.38।।
"18.38 That which as first is like nectar, because the senses revel in their objects, but in the end acts like poison - that pleasure arises from Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2036 Aṅgirasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1901 Siddhārthī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1386
Malayalam Era: 1155
Nanakshahi: 510
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya354.06°MīnaRevatī P3
चन्द्र Candra123.56°SiṃhaMaghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala337.48°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha332.58°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati95.42°KarkaPuṣya P1
शुक्र Śukra318.60°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
शनि Śani134.23°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:03 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:40 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:30 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:29 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 36 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 23 Mins 22 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:22 – 05:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:00 – 06:03
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:47
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:18
Godhūli Muhūrta18:28 – 18:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:40 – 19:11
Amṛta Kāla18:25 – 20:10
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:47

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:05 – 18:40
Yamaganda12:22 – 13:56
Gulika Kāla15:31 – 17:05
Varjyam06:35 – 06:55
Dur Muhūrta 09:00 – 09:25

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:03 – 07:38 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:38 – 09:12 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:12 – 10:47 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:47 – 12:22 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:22 – 13:56 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:56 – 15:31 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:31 – 17:05 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:05 – 18:40 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:40 – 20:05 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:05 – 21:31 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:31 – 22:56 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:56 – 00:22 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:22 – 01:47 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:47 – 03:12 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:12 – 04:38 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:38 – 06:03 (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 Year5080 · Kali-5080
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1855506.27 · 5080.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2443971.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5634° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)127.85° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30)
🪷 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 (23.5634°) · declination 6.92° · EoT -2.19 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:1979-04-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)