पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · August 20, 1848 CE

🕉️ 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: बलराम जयन्ती — Balarāma Jayantī (Hala-Ṣaṣṭhī)
Birth of Bala-deva, Krishna's elder brother and Saṅkarṣaṇa.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.22 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
अदेशकाले यद्दानमपात्रेभ्यश्च दीयते।असत्कृतमवज्ञातं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्।।17.22।।
"17.22 And that which is given at an unsuitable place or time or to one who is unworthy, or with disrespect or contempt - such a gift is the result of Ignorance." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1905 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1770 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1255
Malayalam Era: 1024
Nanakshahi: 379
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya125.35°SiṃhaMaghā P2
चन्द्र Candra13.66°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala146.27°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha114.70°KarkaAśleṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati107.79°KarkaAśleṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra135.23°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani333.97°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:33 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:22 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:57 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:06 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:55 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 48 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 11 Mins 03 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:50 – 05:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:29 – 06:33
Abhijit Muhūrta12:32 – 13:23
Vijaya Muhūrta15:05 – 15:57
Godhūli Muhūrta19:10 – 19:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:22 – 19:54
Amṛta Kāla19:07 – 20:52
Niśīta Muhūrta00:32 – 01:23

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:46 – 19:22
Yamaganda12:57 – 14:33
Gulika Kāla16:09 – 17:46
Varjyam07:05 – 07:25
Dur Muhūrta 09:32 – 09:58

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (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):
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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:33 – 08:09 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:09 – 09:45 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:45 – 11:21 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:21 – 12:57 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:57 – 14:33 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:33 – 16:09 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga16:09 – 17:46 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:46 – 19:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:22 – 20:46 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:46 – 22:09 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg22:09 – 23:33 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:33 – 00:57 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:57 – 02:21 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:21 – 03:45 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:45 – 05:09 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:09 – 06:33 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

🌌 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 Year4950 · Kali-4950
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1807794.27 · 4949.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2396259.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)21.7385° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)247.16° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 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 (21.7385°) · declination 12.48° · EoT -3.05 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:1848-08-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)