पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · January 8, 1854 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: 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 12.12 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
श्रेयो हि ज्ञानमभ्यासाज्ज्ञानाद्ध्यानं विशिष्यते।ध्यानात्कर्मफलत्यागस्त्यागाच्छान्तिरनन्तरम्।।12.12।।
"12.12 Knowledge is superior to blind action, meditation to mere knowledge, renunciation of the fruit of action to meditation, and where there is renunciation peace will follow." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1911 Prabhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1776 Ānanda
Bengali Saṁvat: 1261
Malayalam Era: 1030
Nanakshahi: 385
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya265.69°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra16.92°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala147.06°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha249.39°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati258.70°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra313.23°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शनि Śani34.88°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:35 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:26 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)13:01 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:59 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:52 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 50 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 09 Mins 19 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:09 – 06:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:41 – 07:35
Abhijit Muhūrta12:39 – 13:23
Vijaya Muhūrta14:49 – 15:33
Godhūli Muhūrta18:14 – 18:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:26 – 18:53
Amṛta Kāla18:11 – 19:56
Niśīta Muhūrta00:39 – 01:23

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:05 – 18:26
Yamaganda13:01 – 14:22
Gulika Kāla15:43 – 17:05
Varjyam08:03 – 08:20
Dur Muhūrta 10:07 – 10:29

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:35 – 08:57 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:57 – 10:18 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:18 – 11:39 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:39 – 13:01 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla13:01 – 14:22 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:22 – 15:43 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:43 – 17:05 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:05 – 18:26 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:26 – 20:05 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:05 – 21:43 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:43 – 23:22 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:22 – 01:01 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha01:01 – 02:39 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:39 – 04:18 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:18 – 05:57 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:57 – 07:35 (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 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 Year4955 · Kali-4955
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1809761.27 · 4955.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2398226.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)21.8138° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)108.39° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 10/30)
🪷 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 (21.8138°) · declination -22.29° · EoT -6.70 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:1854-01-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)