पञ्चाङ्ग · August 20, 1966 CE

🪷 आज: गणेश चतुर्थी — Gaṇeśa Caturthī
Gaṇeśa's birth day; 11-day festival in Maharashtra.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.20 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
यत्रोपरमते चित्तं निरुद्धं योगसेवया।

यत्र चैवात्मनाऽऽत्मानं पश्यन्नात्मनि तुष्यति।।6.20।।
"6.20 There, where the whole nature is seen in the light of the Self, where the man abides within his Self and is satisfied there, its functions restrained by its union with the Divine, the mind finds rest." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2023 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1888 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1373
Malayalam Era: 1142
Nanakshahi: 497
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya123.20°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra173.19°KanyāHasta P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala93.49°KarkaPuṣya P1
बुध Budha105.68°KarkaPuṣya P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati90.22°KarkaPunarvasu P4
शुक्र Śukra102.62°KarkaPuṣya P3
शनि Śani335.73°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1

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

Kali Year5068
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1850892.27
Julian Day2439357.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.3869°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)47.07°
🪷 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: 1966-08-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)
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