पञ्चाङ्ग — Dubai, UAE · August 16, 2005 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 12.5 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम्।

अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते।।12.5।।
"12.5 But they who thus fix their attention on the Absolute and Impersonal encounter greater hardships, for it is difficult for those who possess a body to realise Me as without one." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2062 Vilambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1927 Pārthiva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1412
Malayalam Era: 1181
Nanakshahi: 536
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya119.36°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra247.12°DhanuMūla P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala16.17°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
बुध Budha104.72°KarkaPuṣya P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati172.23°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra154.70°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani99.84°KarkaPuṣya P2

☀️ Dubai, UAE — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · GST/MUT)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:53 GST/MUT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:53 GST/MUT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 GST/MUT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:38 GST/MUT
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:10 GST/MUT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 00 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 59 Mins 26 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:09 – 05:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:48 – 05:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:49
Vijaya Muhūrta14:33 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta18:41 – 19:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:53 – 19:26
Amṛta Kāla18:38 – 20:23
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:49

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:38 – 17:16
Yamaganda09:08 – 10:45
Gulika Kāla12:23 – 14:00
Varjyam06:25 – 06:46
Dur Muhūrta 08:55 – 09:21

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:53 – 07:30 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:30 – 09:08 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:08 – 10:45 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:45 – 12:23 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:23 – 14:00 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:00 – 15:38 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:38 – 17:16 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:16 – 18:53 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:53 – 20:16 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:16 – 21:38 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:38 – 23:00 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:00 – 00:23 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:23 – 01:45 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:45 – 03:08 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:08 – 04:30 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:30 – 05:53 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 25.2048°
Longitude: 55.2708°
Timezone: UTC+4

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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 Year5107 · Kali-5107
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865133.27 · 5106.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453598.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9315° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)130.59° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30)
🪷 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 (23.9315°) · declination 13.75° · EoT -3.97 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:2005-08-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)