पञ्चाङ्ग — Dubai, UAE · February 14, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: अङ्गारक चतुर्थी — Aṅgāraka Caturthī (Tuesday Caturthī)
Tuesday-Caturthī (rare); supremely auspicious for Maṅgala-doṣa-nivāraṇa.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.54 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
भक्त्या त्वनन्यया शक्य अहमेवंविधोऽर्जुन।

ज्ञातुं दृष्टुं च तत्त्वेन प्रवेष्टुं च परंतप।।11.54।।
"11.54 Only by tireless devotion can I be seen and known; only thus can a man become one with Me, O Arjuna!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.54's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya301.44°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra158.20°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala348.13°MīnaRevatī P1
बुध Budha285.89°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati178.47°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra342.93°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani241.44°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:55 GST/MUT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:12 GST/MUT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:34 GST/MUT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:00 GST/MUT
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:01 GST/MUT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 17 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 42 Mins 20 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:24 – 06:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:58 – 06:55
Abhijit Muhūrta12:11 – 12:56
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta18:00 – 18:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:12 – 18:41
Amṛta Kāla17:57 – 19:42
Niśīta Muhūrta00:11 – 00:56

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:23 – 16:48
Yamaganda09:44 – 11:09
Gulika Kāla12:34 – 13:58
Varjyam07:23 – 07:41
Dur Muhūrta 09:33 – 09:55

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:55 – 08:19 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:19 – 09:44 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:44 – 11:09 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:09 – 12:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:34 – 13:58 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:58 – 15:23 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:23 – 16:48 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:48 – 18:12 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:12 – 19:48 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:48 – 21:23 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:23 – 22:58 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:58 – 00:34 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:34 – 02:09 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:09 – 03:44 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:44 – 05:19 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:19 – 06:55 (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

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869333.27
Julian Day2457798.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0922°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)218.29°
🪷 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 (24.0922°), declination -13.01°, EoT -14.59 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: 2017-02-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)