पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · August 25, 3114 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: नरक चतुर्दशी — Naraka Caturdaśī (Choṭī Diwālī)
Krishna slew Narakāsura, freeing 16,000 captive princesses. Day 2 of Diwali.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.12 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
तस्य संजनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः।

सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान्।।1.12।।
"1.12 Then to enliven his spirits, the brave Grandfather Bheeshma, eldest of the Kuru-clan, blew his conch, till it sounded like a lion's roar." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -3056
Śaka Saṁvat: -3191 Prabhava
Bengali Saṁvat: -3706
Malayalam Era: -3937
Nanakshahi: -4582
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya183.39°TulāCitrā P4
चन्द्र Candra169.65°KanyāHasta P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala280.14°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
बुध Budha170.80°KanyāHasta P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati16.39°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra157.26°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani219.74°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:25 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:27 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:56 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:24 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:37 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 01 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 58 Mins 16 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:41 – 05:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:20 – 06:25
Abhijit Muhūrta12:30 – 13:22
Vijaya Muhūrta15:06 – 15:58
Godhūli Muhūrta19:15 – 19:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:27 – 19:59
Amṛta Kāla19:12 – 20:57
Niśīta Muhūrta00:30 – 01:22

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:56 – 14:34
Yamaganda08:03 – 09:40
Gulika Kāla11:18 – 12:56
Varjyam06:58 – 07:18
Dur Muhūrta 09:27 – 09:53

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:25 – 08:03 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:03 – 09:40 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:40 – 11:18 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:18 – 12:56 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:56 – 14:34 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:34 – 16:11 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala16:11 – 17:49 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:49 – 19:27 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:27 – 20:49 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:49 – 22:11 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha22:11 – 23:34 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:34 – 00:56 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:56 – 02:18 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:18 – 03:40 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:40 – 05:03 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:03 – 06:25 (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 Year-11 · 11 years before Kali
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)-4194.73 · -11.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day584270.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)-47.5632° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)346.26° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (-47.5632°) · declination 16.09° · EoT -1.71 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:-3113-08-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)