पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · March 17, 1866 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: चैत्र नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Caitra Navrātri Start (Gudhi Padwā)
Spring Navrātri begins; Vasanta-pakṣa Devī worship. Maharashtra: Gudhi Padwā. South: Ugadi. Sindhi: Cheti Chand.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.25 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
भीष्मद्रोणप्रमुखतः सर्वेषां च महीक्षिताम्।

उवाच पार्थ पश्यैतान्समवेतान्कुरूनिति।।1.25।।
"1.25 Whither Bheeshma and Drona had led all the rulers of the earth, and spoke thus: O Arjuna! Behold these members of the family of Kuru assembled." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.25's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1923 Pramāthi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1788 Akṣaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1273
Malayalam Era: 1042
Nanakshahi: 397
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya334.26°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra336.15°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala302.69°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha350.47°MīnaRevatī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati276.72°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra340.84°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani200.83°TulāViśākhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:02 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:04 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)13:03 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:09 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:12 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 02 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 57 Mins 41 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:26 – 06:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:02 – 07:02
Abhijit Muhūrta12:39 – 13:27
Vijaya Muhūrta15:04 – 15:52
Godhūli Muhūrta18:52 – 19:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:04 – 19:34
Amṛta Kāla18:49 – 20:34
Niśīta Muhūrta00:39 – 01:27

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:03 – 11:33
Yamaganda14:33 – 16:04
Gulika Kāla07:02 – 08:32
Varjyam07:32 – 07:51
Dur Muhūrta 09:51 – 10:15

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 Kāla07:02 – 08:32 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:32 – 10:03 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:03 – 11:33 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:33 – 13:03 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala13:03 – 14:33 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:33 – 16:04 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta16:04 – 17:34 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:34 – 19:04 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:04 – 20:34 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:34 – 22:04 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla22:04 – 23:33 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:33 – 01:03 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga01:03 – 02:33 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:33 – 04:03 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:03 – 05:32 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:32 – 07:02 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year4967 · Kali-4967
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1814212.27 · 4967.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2402677.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)21.9840° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)0.48° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (21.9840°) · declination -1.49° · EoT -9.06 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:1866-03-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)