पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · January 12, 1842 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: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.28 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
येषां त्वन्तगतं पापं जनानां पुण्यकर्मणाम्।

ते द्वन्द्वमोहनिर्मुक्ता भजन्ते मां दृढव्रताः।।7.28।।
"7.28 But those who act righteously, in whom sin has been destroyed, who are free from the infatuation of the conflicting emotions, they worship Me with firm resolution." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.28's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1899 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1764 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1249
Malayalam Era: 1018
Nanakshahi: 373
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya269.85°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra273.73°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala314.87°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
बुध Budha268.63°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati256.34°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra259.38°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani257.60°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:36 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:29 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)13:02 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:51 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:44 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 52 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 07 Mins 09 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:09 – 06:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:42 – 07:36
Abhijit Muhūrta12:41 – 13:24
Vijaya Muhūrta14:51 – 15:35
Godhūli Muhūrta18:17 – 18:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:29 – 18:56
Amṛta Kāla18:14 – 19:59
Niśīta Muhūrta00:41 – 01:24

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:02 – 14:24
Yamaganda08:58 – 10:19
Gulika Kāla11:41 – 13:02
Varjyam08:03 – 08:21
Dur Muhūrta 10:08 – 10:30

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:36 – 08:58 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:58 – 10:19 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:19 – 11:41 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:41 – 13:02 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga13:02 – 14:24 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:24 – 15:46 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:46 – 17:07 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:07 – 18:29 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:29 – 20:07 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:07 – 21:46 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:46 – 23:24 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:24 – 01:02 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla01:02 – 02:41 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:41 – 04:19 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:19 – 05:58 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:58 – 07:36 (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 Year4943 · Kali-4943
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1805382.27 · 4943.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2393847.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)21.6463° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)5.39° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (21.6463°) · declination -21.72° · EoT -8.27 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:1842-01-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)