पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · August 12, 483 BCE

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

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.7 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
आहारस्त्वपि सर्वस्य त्रिविधो भवति प्रियः।यज्ञस्तपस्तथा दानं तेषां भेदमिमं श्रृणु।।17.7।।
"17.7 The food which men enjoy is also threefold, like the ways of sacrifice, austerity and almsgiving. Listen to the distinction." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -425
Śaka Saṁvat: -560
Bengali Saṁvat: -1075
Malayalam Era: -1306
Nanakshahi: -1951
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya148.15°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
चन्द्र Candra191.21°TulāSvātī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala203.17°TulāViśākhā P1
बुध Budha130.85°SiṃhaMaghā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati302.04°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra109.88°KarkaĀśleṣā P1
शनि Śani302.26°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

☀️ Dvārakā — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:29 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:29 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:59 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:49 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:53 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 00 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 59 Mins 54 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:45 – 05:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:24 – 06:29
Abhijit Muhūrta12:33 – 13:25
Vijaya Muhūrta15:09 – 16:01
Godhūli Muhūrta19:17 – 19:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:29 – 20:01
Amṛta Kāla19:14 – 20:59
Niśīta Muhūrta00:33 – 01:25

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:59 – 14:36
Yamaganda08:06 – 09:44
Gulika Kāla11:21 – 12:59
Varjyam07:01 – 07:22
Dur Muhūrta 09:31 – 09:57

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:29 – 08:06 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:06 – 09:44 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:44 – 11:21 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:21 – 12:59 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:59 – 14:36 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:36 – 16:14 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala16:14 – 17:51 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:51 – 19:29 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:29 – 20:51 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:51 – 22:14 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha22:14 – 23:36 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:36 – 00:59 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:59 – 02:21 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:21 – 03:44 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:44 – 05:06 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:06 – 06:29 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 22.2393°
Longitude: 68.9686°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

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

🌌 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 Year2620 · Kali-2620
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)956765.27 · 2619.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day1545230.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)-10.8101° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)43.06° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (-10.8101°) · declination 15.64° · EoT -4.74 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:-0482-08-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)