पञ्चाङ्ग — Vṛndāvana · August 3, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: रक्षा बन्धन — Rakṣā Bandhana / Śrāvaṇa Pūrṇimā
Sister-brother bond; Brāhmaṇa Upākarma.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.22 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
पुरुषः स परः पार्थ भक्त्या लभ्यस्त्वनन्यया।

यस्यान्तःस्थानि भूतानि येन सर्वमिदं ततम्।।8.22।।
"8.22 O Arjuna! That Highest God, in Whom all beings abide, and Who pervades the entire universe, is reached only by wholehearted devotion. [The following material (between the asterisks) is an example of what may be a "doctored' inclusion. It does not jibe with the rest of the ma…" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya107.04°KarkaAśleṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra279.60°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala354.61°MīnaRevatī P3
बुध Budha91.69°KarkaPunarvasu P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati265.77°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra61.38°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
शनि Śani273.53°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:44 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:07 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:35 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 23 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 36 Mins 36 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:56 – 04:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:37 – 05:44
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:52
Vijaya Muhūrta14:39 – 15:33
Godhūli Muhūrta18:55 – 19:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:07 – 19:40
Amṛta Kāla18:52 – 20:37
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:52

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:24 – 09:04
Yamaganda10:45 – 12:25
Gulika Kāla14:06 – 15:46
Varjyam06:17 – 06:38
Dur Muhūrta 08:51 – 09:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:44 – 07:24 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:24 – 09:04 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:04 – 10:45 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:45 – 12:25 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:25 – 14:06 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:06 – 15:46 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:46 – 17:27 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:27 – 19:07 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:07 – 20:27 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:27 – 21:46 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:46 – 23:06 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:06 – 00:25 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:25 – 01:45 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:45 – 03:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:04 – 04:24 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:24 – 05:44 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Śravaṇa alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870599.27
Julian Day2459064.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1406°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)174.23°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.1406°), declination 17.42°, EoT -5.88 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2020-08-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)