पञ्चाङ्ग — Vṛndāvana · March 13, 1996 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: सीताष्टमी — Sītāṣṭamī
Birth-anniversary of Sītā per Phālguna-Kṛṣṇa-Aṣṭamī tradition.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.12 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
लोभः प्रवृत्तिरारम्भः कर्मणामशमः स्पृहा।रजस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे भरतर्षभ।।14.12।।
"14.12 O best of Indians! Avarice, the impulse to act and the beginning of action itself are all due to the dominance of Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya328.94°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra243.09°DhanuMūla P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala327.16°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
बुध Budha315.51°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati259.95°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra13.97°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शनि Śani333.08°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:32 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:27 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:35 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:57 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 55 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 04 Mins 31 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:56 – 05:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:32 – 06:32
Abhijit Muhūrta12:06 – 12:53
Vijaya Muhūrta14:29 – 15:17
Godhūli Muhūrta18:15 – 18:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:27 – 18:57
Amṛta Kāla18:12 – 19:57
Niśīta Muhūrta00:06 – 00:53

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:30 – 13:59
Yamaganda08:01 – 09:31
Gulika Kāla11:00 – 12:30
Varjyam07:02 – 07:21
Dur Muhūrta 09:19 – 09:43

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:32 – 08:01 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:01 – 09:31 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:31 – 11:00 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:00 – 12:30 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:30 – 13:59 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:59 – 15:28 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:28 – 16:58 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:58 – 18:27 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:27 – 19:58 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:58 – 21:28 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:28 – 22:59 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:59 – 00:30 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:30 – 02:00 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:00 – 03:31 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:31 – 05:01 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:01 – 06:32 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 27.565°
Longitude: 77.6593°
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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Mūla alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year5097 · Kali-5097
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861690.27 · 5097.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450155.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7999° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)275.98° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30)
🪷 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 (23.7999°) · declination -2.88° · EoT -10.22 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:1996-03-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)