पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · August 15, 1856 CE

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🪷 आज: ओणम् (वामन-बलि स्मरण) — Onam (Vāmana / King Bali)
Kerala festival; King Bali's annual return to Kerala. Aligned with Thiru-Onam (Śravaṇa nakshatra in Bhādrapada).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.29 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
सीदन्ति मम गात्राणि मुखं च परिशुष्यति।

वेपथुश्च शरीरे मे रोमहर्षश्च जायते।।1.29।।
"1.29 My limbs fail me and my throat is parched, my body trembles and my hair stands on end." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.29's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1913 Śukla
Śaka Saṁvat: 1778 Nala
Bengali Saṁvat: 1263
Malayalam Era: 1032
Nanakshahi: 387
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya120.49°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra284.01°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala198.78°TulāSvātī P4
बुध Budha128.26°SiṃhaMaghā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati348.22°MīnaRevatī P1
शुक्र Śukra129.52°SiṃhaMaghā P3
शनि Śani79.24°MithunaĀrdrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:31 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:26 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:58 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:22 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:23 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 54 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 05 Mins 30 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:48 – 05:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:27 – 06:31
Abhijit Muhūrta12:32 – 13:24
Vijaya Muhūrta15:07 – 15:59
Godhūli Muhūrta19:14 – 19:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:26 – 19:58
Amṛta Kāla19:11 – 20:56
Niśīta Muhūrta00:32 – 01:24

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:21 – 12:58
Yamaganda16:12 – 17:49
Gulika Kāla08:08 – 09:45
Varjyam07:03 – 07:24
Dur Muhūrta 09:32 – 09:58

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (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):
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 · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:31 – 08:08 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:08 – 09:45 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:45 – 11:21 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:21 – 12:58 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:58 – 14:35 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:35 – 16:12 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg16:12 – 17:49 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:49 – 19:26 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:26 – 20:49 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:49 – 22:12 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala22:12 – 23:35 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:35 – 00:58 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:58 – 02:21 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:21 – 03:45 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:45 – 05:08 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:08 – 06:31 (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 Year4958 · Kali-4958
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1810711.27 · 4957.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2399176.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)21.8501° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)163.07° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 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 (21.8501°) · declination 14.06° · EoT -4.18 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:1856-08-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)