पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · December 24, 1857 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 14.1 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाचपरं भूयः प्रवक्ष्यामि ज्ञानानां ज्ञानमुत्तमम्।यज्ज्ञात्वा मुनयः सर्वे परां सिद्धिमितो गताः।।14.1।।
"14.1 "Lord Shri Krishna continued: Now I will reveal unto the Wisdom which is beyond knowledge, by attaining which the sages have reached Perfection." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1914 Pramoda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1779 Piṅgala
Bengali Saṁvat: 1264
Malayalam Era: 1033
Nanakshahi: 388
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya250.38°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra337.49°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala181.77°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha270.66°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati15.43°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra236.40°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani96.05°KarkaPuṣya P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:31 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:17 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:54 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:40 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:45 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 46 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 13 Mins 39 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:05 – 06:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:37 – 07:31
Abhijit Muhūrta12:33 – 13:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:42 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta18:05 – 18:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:17 – 18:44
Amṛta Kāla18:02 – 19:47
Niśīta Muhūrta00:33 – 01:16

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:15 – 15:36
Yamaganda07:31 – 08:52
Gulika Kāla10:13 – 11:33
Varjyam07:58 – 08:15
Dur Muhūrta 10:02 – 10:23

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:31 – 08:52 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:52 – 10:13 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg10:13 – 11:33 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:33 – 12:54 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:54 – 14:15 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:15 – 15:36 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:36 – 16:57 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:57 – 18:17 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:17 – 19:57 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:57 – 21:36 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:36 – 23:15 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:15 – 00:54 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:54 – 02:33 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:33 – 04:13 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha04:13 – 05:52 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:52 – 07:31 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Uttara Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year4959 · Kali-4959
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1811207.27 · 4958.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2399672.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)21.8691° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)90.62° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (21.8691°) · declination -23.42° · EoT -0.03 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:1857-12-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)