पञ्चाङ्ग — Vṛndāvana · August 29, 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: पितृ पक्ष आरम्भ — Pitṛ-Pakṣa Start
Begin 16-day śrāddha period for ancestors. Bhādrapada Pūrṇimā next-day.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.4 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अत्र शूरा महेष्वासा भीमार्जुनसमा युधि।

युयुधानो विराटश्च द्रुपदश्च महारथः।।1.4।।
"1.4 In it are heroes and great bowmen; the equals in battle of Arjuna and Bheema, Yuyudhana, Virata and Drupada, great soldiers all;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya132.18°SiṃhaMaghā P4
चन्द्र Candra316.22°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala88.78°MithunaPunarvasu P3
बुध Budha158.14°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati254.13°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra86.62°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शनि Śani342.20°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:56 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:43 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:50 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:22 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 46 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 13 Mins 03 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:14 – 05:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:52 – 05:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:19
Godhūli Muhūrta18:31 – 18:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:43 – 19:15
Amṛta Kāla18:28 – 20:13
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:45

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:56 – 15:32
Yamaganda05:56 – 07:32
Gulika Kāla09:08 – 10:44
Varjyam06:28 – 06:49
Dur Muhūrta 08:55 – 09:21

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:56 – 07:32 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:32 – 09:08 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:08 – 10:44 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:44 – 12:20 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:20 – 13:56 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:56 – 15:32 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:32 – 17:07 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:07 – 18:43 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:43 – 20:07 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:07 – 21:32 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:32 – 22:56 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:56 – 00:20 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:20 – 01:44 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:44 – 03:08 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:08 – 04:32 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:32 – 05:56 (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)1861859.27 · 5097.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450324.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8063° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)184.59° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (23.8063°) · declination 9.32° · EoT -0.50 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:1996-08-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)