पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · September 8, 1868 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: बलराम जयन्ती — Balarāma Jayantī (Hala-Ṣaṣṭhī)
Birth of Bala-deva, Krishna's elder brother and Saṅkarṣaṇa.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.26 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
कामक्रोधवियुक्तानां यतीनां यतचेतसाम्।

अभितो ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं वर्तते विदितात्मनाम्।।5.26।।
"5.26 Saints who know their Selves, who control their minds, and feel neither desire nor anger, find Eternal Bliss everywhere." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1925 Vṛṣa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1790 Vibhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1275
Malayalam Era: 1044
Nanakshahi: 399
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya143.61°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
चन्द्र Candra30.54°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala85.50°MithunaPunarvasu P2
बुध Budha154.59°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati352.23°MīnaRevatī P2
शुक्र Śukra100.65°KarkaPuṣya P3
शनि Śani219.09°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:38 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:04 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:51 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:45 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:53 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 25 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 34 Mins 10 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:59 – 05:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:36 – 06:38
Abhijit Muhūrta12:26 – 13:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:56 – 15:45
Godhūli Muhūrta18:52 – 19:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:04 – 19:35
Amṛta Kāla18:49 – 20:34
Niśīta Muhūrta00:26 – 01:16

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:58 – 17:31
Yamaganda09:45 – 11:18
Gulika Kāla12:51 – 14:24
Varjyam07:09 – 07:29
Dur Muhūrta 09:32 – 09:57

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:38 – 08:12 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:12 – 09:45 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:45 – 11:18 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:18 – 12:51 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:51 – 14:24 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:24 – 15:58 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:58 – 17:31 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:31 – 19:04 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:04 – 20:31 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:31 – 21:58 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:58 – 23:24 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:24 – 00:51 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:51 – 02:18 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:18 – 03:45 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:45 – 05:12 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:12 – 06:38 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

🌌 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 Year4970 · Kali-4970
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1815118.27 · 4969.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2403583.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.0187° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)250.24° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 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 (22.0187°) · declination 5.66° · EoT 2.92 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:1868-09-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)