पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · December 25, 1869 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: 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 1.2 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
सञ्जय उवाच

दृष्ट्वा तु पाण्डवानीकं व्यूढं दुर्योधनस्तदा।

आचार्यमुपसङ्गम्य राजा वचनमब्रवीत्।।1.2।।
"1.2 Sanjaya replied: "The Prince Duryodhana, when he saw the army of the Pandavas paraded, approached his preceptor Guru Drona and spoke as follows:" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1926 Citrabhānu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1791 Śukla
Bengali Saṁvat: 1276
Malayalam Era: 1045
Nanakshahi: 400
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya251.32°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra147.38°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala270.57°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha259.66°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati20.97°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra299.94°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani240.13°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:31 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:18 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:55 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:49 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:08 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 46 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 13 Mins 33 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:05 – 06:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:38 – 07:31
Abhijit Muhūrta12:33 – 13:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:42 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta18:06 – 18:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:18 – 18:45
Amṛta Kāla18:03 – 19:48
Niśīta Muhūrta00:33 – 01:16

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:13 – 11:34
Yamaganda14:15 – 15:36
Gulika Kāla07:31 – 08:52
Varjyam07:58 – 08:16
Dur Muhūrta 10:02 – 10:24

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:31 – 08:52 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:52 – 10:13 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:13 – 11:34 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:34 – 12:55 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:55 – 14:15 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:15 – 15:36 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:36 – 16:57 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:57 – 18:18 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:18 – 19:57 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:57 – 21:36 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:36 – 23:15 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:15 – 00:55 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:55 – 02:34 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:34 – 04:13 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:13 – 05:52 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:52 – 07:31 (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 Year4971 · Kali-4971
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1815591.27 · 4970.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2404056.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.0368° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)256.40° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 22/30)
🪷 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 (22.0368°) · declination -23.39° · EoT -0.49 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:1869-12-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)