पञ्चाङ्ग — Vṛndāvana · July 21, 2004 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.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.36 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अवाच्यवादांश्च बहून् वदिष्यन्ति तवाहिताः।

निन्दन्तस्तव सामर्थ्यं ततो दुःखतरं नु किम्।।2.36।।
"2.36 Thine enemies will spread scandal and mock at thy courage. Can anything be more humiliating?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya94.71°KarkaPuṣya P1
चन्द्र Candra135.14°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala113.15°KarkaAśleṣā P2
बुध Budha120.98°SiṃhaMaghā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati142.86°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra52.78°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शनि Śani84.41°MithunaPunarvasu P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:36 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:14 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:47 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:27 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 37 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 22 Mins 06 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:47 – 04:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:28 – 05:36
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:53
Vijaya Muhūrta14:42 – 15:36
Godhūli Muhūrta19:02 – 19:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:14 – 19:48
Amṛta Kāla18:59 – 20:44
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:53

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:25 – 14:08
Yamaganda07:19 – 09:01
Gulika Kāla10:43 – 12:25
Varjyam06:11 – 06:32
Dur Muhūrta 08:47 – 09:15

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:36 – 07:19 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:19 – 09:01 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:01 – 10:43 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:43 – 12:25 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:25 – 14:08 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:08 – 15:50 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:50 – 17:32 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:32 – 19:14 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:14 – 20:32 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:32 – 21:50 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:50 – 23:08 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:08 – 00:25 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:25 – 01:43 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:43 – 03:01 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:01 – 04:19 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:19 – 05:36 (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 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 Year5106 · Kali-5106
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864742.27 · 5105.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453207.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9166° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)42.88° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (23.9166°) · declination 20.43° · EoT -6.05 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:2004-07-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)