पञ्चाङ्ग — Vṛndāvana · August 2, 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.55 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
भक्त्या मामभिजानाति यावान्यश्चास्मि तत्त्वतः।ततो मां तत्त्वतो ज्ञात्वा विशते तदनन्तरम्।।18.55।।
"18.55 By such devotion, he sees Me, who I am and what I am; and thus realising the Truth, he enters My Kingdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.55's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya106.23°KarkaPuṣya P4
चन्द्र Candra322.81°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala71.14°MithunaĀrdrā P2
बुध Budha126.81°SiṃhaMaghā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati255.69°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra61.91°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
शनि Śani343.39°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:43 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:08 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:00 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:43 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 24 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 35 Mins 07 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:56 – 04:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:36 – 05:43
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:52
Vijaya Muhūrta14:39 – 15:33
Godhūli Muhūrta18:56 – 19:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:08 – 19:41
Amṛta Kāla18:53 – 20:38
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:52

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:45 – 12:25
Yamaganda15:47 – 17:27
Gulika Kāla07:23 – 09:04
Varjyam06:16 – 06:38
Dur Muhūrta 08:51 – 09:18

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
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 · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:43 – 07:23 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:23 – 09:04 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:04 – 10:45 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:45 – 12:25 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:25 – 14:06 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:06 – 15:47 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:47 – 17:27 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:27 – 19:08 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:08 – 20:27 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:27 – 21:47 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:47 – 23:06 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:06 – 00:25 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:25 – 01:45 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:45 – 03:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:04 – 04:23 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:23 – 05:43 (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 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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861832.27 · 5097.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450297.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8053° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)214.75° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 18/30)
🪷 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 (23.8053°) · declination 17.73° · EoT -5.95 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:1996-08-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)