पञ्चाङ्ग — Dubai, UAE · August 17, 2012 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: महालय अमावस्या — Mahālaya Amāvasyā (Sarvapitṛ Amāvasyā)
Final day of Pitṛ-Pakṣa; tarpaṇa for all ancestors.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.24 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
योऽन्तःसुखोऽन्तरारामस्तथान्तर्ज्योतिरेव यः।

स योगी ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं ब्रह्मभूतोऽधिगच्छति।।5.24।।
"5.24 He who is happy within his Self and has found Its peace, and in whom the inner light shines, that sage attains Eternal Bliss and becomes the Spirit Itself." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Catuṣpāda
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya120.52°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra112.81°KarkaAśleṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala181.62°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha101.67°KarkaPuṣya P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati48.43°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra74.55°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शनि Śani180.65°TulāCitrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:53 GST/MUT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:52 GST/MUT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 GST/MUT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:19 GST/MUT
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:25 GST/MUT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 58 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 01 Mins 07 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:09 – 05:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:48 – 05:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:49
Vijaya Muhūrta14:32 – 15:24
Godhūli Muhūrta18:40 – 19:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:52 – 19:25
Amṛta Kāla18:37 – 20:22
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:49

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:45 – 12:23
Yamaganda15:37 – 17:15
Gulika Kāla07:31 – 09:08
Varjyam06:26 – 06:46
Dur Muhūrta 08:55 – 09:21

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:53 – 07:31 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:31 – 09:08 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:08 – 10:45 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:45 – 12:23 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:23 – 14:00 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:00 – 15:37 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:37 – 17:15 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:15 – 18:52 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:52 – 20:15 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:15 – 21:37 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:37 – 23:00 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:00 – 00:23 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:23 – 01:45 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:45 – 03:08 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:08 – 04:31 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:31 – 05:53 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Āśleṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

🌌 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 Year5114 · Kali-5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867691.27 · 5113.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456156.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0294° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)351.49° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 30/30)
🪷 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 (24.0294°) · declination 13.34° · EoT -3.75 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:2012-08-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)