पञ्चाङ्ग · May 8, 1946 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.4 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
ततः पदं तत्परिमार्गितव्यम्

यस्मिन्गता न निवर्तन्ति भूयः।

तमेव चाद्यं पुरुषं प्रपद्ये

यतः प्रवृत्तिः प्रसृता पुराणी।।15.4।।
"15.4 Beyond lies the Path, from which, when found, there is no return. This is the Primal God from whence this ancient creation has sprung." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2003 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1868 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1353
Malayalam Era: 1122
Nanakshahi: 477
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya23.75°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
चन्द्र Candra111.55°KarkaAśleṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala104.69°KarkaPuṣya P4
बुध Budha1.74°MeṣaAśvinī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati177.57°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra48.13°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शनि Śani87.19°MithunaPunarvasu P3

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Āśleṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5048
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1843483.27
Julian Day2431948.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.1035°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)84.76°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
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: 1946-05-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)
🪷 The 13 Bhagavad-Gītā Manifest Pages (TVAM-Ṣaṭka + TAT-Ṣaṭka complete)
BG 1 Arjuna-Viṣāda · BG 2 Sāṅkhya ❤️ · BG 3 Karma · BG 4 Jñāna-Karma · BG 5 Karma-Sannyāsa · BG 6 Dhyāna · BG 7 Krishna-Tattva · BG 8 Akṣara-Brahma · BG 9 Rāja-Vidyā · BG 10 Vibhūti · BG 10.30+11 Kāla · BG 11.7 Chart · BG 12 Bhakti ❤️
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