पञ्चाङ्ग — Vṛndāvana · May 16, 1998 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: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.6 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
एतान्यपि तु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा फलानि च।कर्तव्यानीति मे पार्थ निश्िचतं मतमुत्तमम्।।18.6।।
"18.6 But they should be done with detachment and without thought of recompense. This is my final judgment." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya31.16°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
चन्द्र Candra262.35°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala30.42°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
बुध Budha7.37°MeṣaAśvinī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati328.42°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
शुक्र Śukra350.12°MīnaRevatī P2
शनि Śani3.52°MeṣaAśvinī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:30 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:01 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:27 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:53 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 30 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 29 Mins 01 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:42 – 04:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:23 – 05:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:49 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:31 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta18:49 – 19:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:01 – 19:35
Amṛta Kāla18:46 – 20:31
Niśīta Muhūrta23:49 – 00:43

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:53 – 10:34
Yamaganda13:57 – 15:38
Gulika Kāla05:30 – 07:11
Varjyam06:04 – 06:26
Dur Muhūrta 08:39 – 09:06

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:30 – 07:11 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:11 – 08:53 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:53 – 10:34 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:34 – 12:16 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:16 – 13:57 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:57 – 15:38 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:38 – 17:20 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:20 – 19:01 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:01 – 20:20 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:20 – 21:38 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:38 – 22:57 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:57 – 00:16 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:16 – 01:34 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:34 – 02:53 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:53 – 04:11 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:11 – 05:30 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5100 · Kali-5100
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862484.27 · 5099.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450949.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8302° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)233.58° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (23.8302°) · declination 19.01° · EoT 3.74 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:1998-05-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)