पञ्चाङ्ग — Vṛndāvana · August 23, 1985 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: राधाष्टमी — Rādhāṣṭamī
Manifestation of Śrī Rādhā at Barsānā — Krishna's ādi-śakti.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.24 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ब्रह्मार्पणं ब्रह्महविर्ब्रह्माग्नौ ब्रह्मणा हुतम्।

ब्रह्मैव तेन गन्तव्यं ब्रह्मकर्मसमाधिना।।4.24।।
"4.24 For him, the sacrifice itself is the Spirit; the Spirit and the oblation are one; it is the Spirit Itself which is sacrificed in Its own fire, and the man even in action is united with God, since while performing his act, his mind never ceases to be fixed on Him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2042 Bahudhānya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1907 Krodhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1392
Malayalam Era: 1161
Nanakshahi: 516
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya126.21°SiṃhaMaghā P2
चन्द्र Candra214.29°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala115.10°KarkaAśleṣā P3
बुध Budha110.05°KarkaAśleṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati286.92°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शुक्र Śukra90.51°KarkaPunarvasu P4
शनि Śani208.10°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:53 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:50 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:54 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:34 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 56 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 03 Mins 26 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:10 – 05:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:49 – 05:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:48
Vijaya Muhūrta14:31 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta18:38 – 19:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:50 – 19:22
Amṛta Kāla18:35 – 20:20
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:48

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:45 – 12:22
Yamaganda15:36 – 17:13
Gulika Kāla07:30 – 09:07
Varjyam06:26 – 06:46
Dur Muhūrta 08:55 – 09:20

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:53 – 07:30 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:30 – 09:07 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:07 – 10:45 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:45 – 12:22 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:22 – 13:59 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:59 – 15:36 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:36 – 17:13 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:13 – 18:50 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:50 – 20:13 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:13 – 21:36 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:36 – 22:59 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:59 – 00:22 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:22 – 01:45 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:45 – 03:07 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:07 – 04:30 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:30 – 05:53 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

🌌 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 Year5087 · Kali-5087
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1857835.27 · 5086.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2446300.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.6524° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)86.74° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (23.6524°) · declination 11.52° · EoT -2.27 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:1985-08-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)