पञ्चाङ्ग — Vṛndāvana · August 15, 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.68 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
य इमं परमं गुह्यं मद्भक्तेष्वभिधास्यति।भक्ितं मयि परां कृत्वा मामेवैष्यत्यसंशयः।।18.68।।
"18.68 But he who teaches this great secret to My devotees, his is the highest devotion, and verily he shall come unto Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.68's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla 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)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya118.69°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra126.64°SiṃhaMaghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala79.72°MithunaĀrdrā P4
बुध Budha145.23°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati254.68°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra73.00°MithunaĀrdrā P2
शनि Śani342.94°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:50 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:57 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:29 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:22 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 07 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 52 Mins 17 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:05 – 04:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:44 – 05:50
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:35 – 15:27
Godhūli Muhūrta18:45 – 19:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:57 – 19:30
Amṛta Kāla18:42 – 20:27
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:50

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:02 – 15:40
Yamaganda05:50 – 07:28
Gulika Kāla09:07 – 10:45
Varjyam06:23 – 06:44
Dur Muhūrta 08:53 – 09:20

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
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):
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 Śubha05:50 – 07:28 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:28 – 09:07 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:07 – 10:45 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:45 – 12:24 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:24 – 14:02 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:02 – 15:40 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:40 – 17:19 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:19 – 18:57 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:57 – 20:19 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:19 – 21:40 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:40 – 23:02 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:02 – 00:24 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:24 – 01:45 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:45 – 03:07 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:07 – 04:28 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:28 – 05:50 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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)1861845.27 · 5097.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450310.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8058° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)9.13° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (23.8058°) · declination 14.01° · EoT -4.18 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:1996-08-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)