पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · May 4, 1878 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: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.17 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
युक्ताहारविहारस्य युक्तचेष्टस्य कर्मसु।

युक्तस्वप्नावबोधस्य योगो भवति दुःखहा।।6.17।।
"6.17 But for him who regulates his food and recreation, who is balanced in action, in sleep and in waking, it shall dispel all unhappiness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1935 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1800 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1285
Malayalam Era: 1054
Nanakshahi: 409
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya21.27°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra38.70°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala68.17°MithunaĀrdrā P1
बुध Budha27.42°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati285.76°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शुक्र Śukra336.87°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani337.83°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:20 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:51 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:23 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:38 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 00 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 59 Mins 04 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:36 – 05:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:15 – 06:20
Abhijit Muhūrta12:25 – 13:17
Vijaya Muhūrta15:01 – 15:53
Godhūli Muhūrta19:09 – 19:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:21 – 19:54
Amṛta Kāla19:06 – 20:51
Niśīta Muhūrta00:25 – 01:17

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:36 – 11:13
Yamaganda14:28 – 16:06
Gulika Kāla06:20 – 07:58
Varjyam06:53 – 07:14
Dur Muhūrta 09:23 – 09:49

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 Kāla06:20 – 07:58 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:58 – 09:36 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:36 – 11:13 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:13 – 12:51 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:51 – 14:28 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:28 – 16:06 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta16:06 – 17:44 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:44 – 19:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:21 – 20:44 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:44 – 22:06 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla22:06 – 23:28 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:28 – 00:51 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:51 – 02:13 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:13 – 03:36 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:36 – 04:58 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:58 – 06:20 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Dvitīyā + 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 Year4980 · Kali-4980
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1818643.27 · 4979.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2407108.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.1535° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)18.11° · 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 (22.1535°) · declination 15.87° · EoT 3.26 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:1878-05-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)