पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · July 16, 485 BCE

🕉️ 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: पितृ पक्ष आरम्भ — Pitṛ-Pakṣa Start
Begin 16-day śrāddha period for ancestors. Bhādrapada Pūrṇimā next-day.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.22 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाचप्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव।न द्वेष्टि सम्प्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति।।14.22।।
"14.22 Lord Shri Krishna replied: O Prince! He who shuns not the Quality which is present, and longs not for that which is absent;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -427
Śaka Saṁvat: -562
Bengali Saṁvat: -1077
Malayalam Era: -1308
Nanakshahi: -1953
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya122.60°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra307.41°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala173.93°KanyāCitrā P1
बुध Budha136.71°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati235.18°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra164.96°KanyāHasta P2
शनि Śani279.80°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:18 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:41 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)13:00 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:52 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:46 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 22 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 37 Mins 18 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:31 – 05:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:12 – 06:18
Abhijit Muhūrta12:33 – 13:27
Vijaya Muhūrta15:14 – 16:07
Godhūli Muhūrta19:29 – 19:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:41 – 20:15
Amṛta Kāla19:26 – 21:11
Niśīta Muhūrta00:33 – 01:27

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:20 – 18:01
Yamaganda09:39 – 11:19
Gulika Kāla13:00 – 14:40
Varjyam06:52 – 07:13
Dur Muhūrta 09:26 – 09:53

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
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 · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:18 – 07:59 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:59 – 09:39 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:39 – 11:19 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:19 – 13:00 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta13:00 – 14:40 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:40 – 16:20 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha16:20 – 18:01 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga18:01 – 19:41 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:41 – 21:01 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha21:01 – 22:20 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga22:20 – 23:40 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:40 – 01:00 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala01:00 – 02:19 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:19 – 03:39 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:39 – 04:59 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:59 – 06:18 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 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 Year2618 · Kali-2618
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)956008.27 · 2617.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day1544473.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)-10.8391° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)184.82° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (-10.8391°) · declination 21.68° · EoT -5.68 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:-0484-07-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)