पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · January 28, 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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.14 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अनन्यचेताः सततं यो मां स्मरति नित्यशः।

तस्याहं सुलभः पार्थ नित्ययुक्तस्य योगिनः।।8.14।।
"8.14 To him who thinks constantly of Me, and of nothing else, to such an ever-faithful devotee, O Arjuna, am I ever accessible." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1899 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1764 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1249
Malayalam Era: 1018
Nanakshahi: 373
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya286.12°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra124.64°SiṃhaMaghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala327.25°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
बुध Budha295.71°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati259.88°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra279.46°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani259.41°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:34 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:40 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)13:07 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:57 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:45 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 05 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 54 Mins 37 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:06 – 06:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:39 – 07:34
Abhijit Muhūrta12:45 – 13:29
Vijaya Muhūrta14:58 – 15:42
Godhūli Muhūrta18:28 – 18:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:40 – 19:08
Amṛta Kāla18:25 – 20:10
Niśīta Muhūrta00:45 – 01:29

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:44 – 13:07
Yamaganda15:53 – 17:17
Gulika Kāla08:58 – 10:21
Varjyam08:02 – 08:20
Dur Muhūrta 10:10 – 10:32

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:34 – 08:58 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:58 – 10:21 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:21 – 11:44 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:44 – 13:07 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha13:07 – 14:30 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:30 – 15:53 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:53 – 17:17 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:17 – 18:40 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:40 – 20:17 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:17 – 21:53 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:53 – 23:30 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:30 – 01:07 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta01:07 – 02:44 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:44 – 04:21 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:21 – 05:58 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:58 – 07:34 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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)1805398.27 · 4943.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2393863.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)21.6469° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)196.95° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 17/30)
🪷 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 (21.6469°) · declination -18.32° · EoT -12.97 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:1842-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)