पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · October 1, 1862 CE

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🪷 आज: महाष्टमी — Mahā-Aṣṭamī (Durgā-Aṣṭamī)
8th day of Śāradīya Navrātri; Mahiṣāsura-mardinī kṣaṇa.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.2 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
एवं परम्पराप्राप्तमिमं राजर्षयो विदुः।

स कालेनेह महता योगो नष्टः परन्तप।।4.2।।
"4.2 The Divine Kings knew it, for it was their tradition. Then, after a long time, at last it was forgotten." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1919 Yuva
Śaka Saṁvat: 1784 Dundubhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1269
Malayalam Era: 1038
Nanakshahi: 393
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya165.66°KanyāHasta P2
चन्द्र Candra260.52°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala354.05°MīnaRevatī P3
बुध Budha192.98°TulāSvātī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati167.55°KanyāHasta P3
शुक्र Śukra149.87°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani156.39°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:44 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:42 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:43 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:39 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:25 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 57 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 02 Mins 39 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:09 – 05:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:45 – 06:44
Abhijit Muhūrta12:19 – 13:07
Vijaya Muhūrta14:43 – 15:30
Godhūli Muhūrta18:30 – 18:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:42 – 19:12
Amṛta Kāla18:27 – 20:12
Niśīta Muhūrta00:19 – 01:07

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:43 – 14:13
Yamaganda08:14 – 09:44
Gulika Kāla11:13 – 12:43
Varjyam07:14 – 07:33
Dur Muhūrta 09:32 – 09:56

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:44 – 08:14 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:14 – 09:44 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:44 – 11:13 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:13 – 12:43 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:43 – 14:13 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:13 – 15:42 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:42 – 17:12 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:12 – 18:42 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:42 – 20:12 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:12 – 21:42 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:42 – 23:13 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:13 – 00:43 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:43 – 02:13 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:13 – 03:44 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:44 – 05:14 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:14 – 06:44 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Pūrva Āṣāḍhā 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 Year4964 · Kali-4964
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1812949.27 · 4963.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2401414.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)21.9357° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)93.86° · 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 (21.9357°) · declination -3.01° · EoT 11.17 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:1862-10-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)