पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · January 20, 1874 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 2.40 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
नेहाभिक्रमनाशोऽस्ति प्रत्यवायो न विद्यते।

स्वल्पमप्यस्य धर्मस्य त्रायते महतो भयात्।।2.40।।
"2.40 On this Path, endeavour is never wasted, nor can it ever be repressed. Even a very little of its practice protects one from great danger." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.40's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1931 Sarvajit
Śaka Saṁvat: 1796 Bhāva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1281
Malayalam Era: 1050
Nanakshahi: 405
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya277.78°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra300.99°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala324.23°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha270.10°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati160.80°KanyāHasta P1
शुक्र Śukra271.21°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani283.47°MakaraŚravaṇa P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:36 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:34 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)13:05 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:58 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:17 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 58 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 01 Mins 23 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:08 – 06:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:41 – 07:36
Abhijit Muhūrta12:43 – 13:27
Vijaya Muhūrta14:55 – 15:39
Godhūli Muhūrta18:22 – 18:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:34 – 19:02
Amṛta Kāla18:19 – 20:04
Niśīta Muhūrta00:43 – 01:27

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:50 – 17:12
Yamaganda10:20 – 11:43
Gulika Kāla13:05 – 14:27
Varjyam08:03 – 08:21
Dur Muhūrta 10:09 – 10:31

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
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):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:36 – 08:58 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:58 – 10:20 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:20 – 11:43 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:43 – 13:05 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta13:05 – 14:27 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:27 – 15:50 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:50 – 17:12 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:12 – 18:34 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:34 – 20:12 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:12 – 21:50 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:50 – 23:27 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:27 – 01:05 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala01:05 – 02:43 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:43 – 04:20 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:20 – 05:58 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:58 – 07:36 (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 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 Year4975 · Kali-4975
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1817078.27 · 4975.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2405543.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.0936° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)20.97° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (22.0936°) · declination -20.17° · EoT -10.96 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:1874-01-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)