पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · January 23, 1861 CE

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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 6.16 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
नात्यश्नतस्तु योगोऽस्ति न चैकान्तमनश्नतः।

न चातिस्वप्नशीलस्य जाग्रतो नैव चार्जुन।।6.16।।
"6.16 Meditation is not for him who eats too much, not for him who eats not at all; not for him who is overmuch addicted to sleep, not for him who is always awake." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1918 Bhāva
Śaka Saṁvat: 1783 Durmati
Bengali Saṁvat: 1268
Malayalam Era: 1037
Nanakshahi: 392
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya281.17°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra54.95°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala352.51°MīnaRevatī P2
बुध Budha277.51°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati123.60°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शुक्र Śukra256.24°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani137.72°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:35 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:37 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)13:06 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:19 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:43 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 01 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 58 Mins 46 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:07 – 06:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:40 – 07:35
Abhijit Muhūrta12:44 – 13:28
Vijaya Muhūrta14:56 – 15:40
Godhūli Muhūrta18:25 – 18:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:37 – 19:04
Amṛta Kāla18:22 – 20:07
Niśīta Muhūrta00:44 – 01:28

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:06 – 14:29
Yamaganda08:58 – 10:21
Gulika Kāla11:43 – 13:06
Varjyam08:03 – 08:20
Dur Muhūrta 10:10 – 10:32

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:35 – 08:58 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:58 – 10:21 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:21 – 11:43 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:43 – 13:06 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga13:06 – 14:29 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:29 – 15:51 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:51 – 17:14 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:14 – 18:37 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:37 – 20:14 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:14 – 21:51 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:51 – 23:29 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:29 – 01:06 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla01:06 – 02:43 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:43 – 04:21 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:21 – 05:58 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:58 – 07:35 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year4962 · Kali-4962
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1812333.27 · 4962.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2400798.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)21.9121° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)133.94° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (21.9121°) · declination -19.47° · EoT -11.81 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:1861-01-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)