पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · December 20, 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: 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 12.11 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
अथैतदप्यशक्तोऽसि कर्तुं मद्योगमाश्रितः।सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं ततः कुरु यतात्मवान्।।12.11।।
"12.11 And if thou art too weak even for this, then seek refuge in union with Me, and with perfect self-control renounce the fruit of thy action." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1935 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1800 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1285
Malayalam Era: 1054
Nanakshahi: 409
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya245.91°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra194.58°TulāSvātī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala216.48°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
बुध Budha260.65°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati287.20°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शुक्र Śukra251.06°DhanuMūla P4
शनि Śani335.35°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:29 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:15 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:52 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:47 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:07 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 46 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 13 Mins 40 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:03 – 06:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:35 – 07:29
Abhijit Muhūrta12:31 – 13:14
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta18:03 – 18:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:15 – 18:42
Amṛta Kāla18:00 – 19:45
Niśīta Muhūrta00:31 – 01:14

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:31 – 12:52
Yamaganda15:34 – 16:55
Gulika Kāla08:50 – 10:11
Varjyam07:56 – 08:13
Dur Muhūrta 10:00 – 10:21

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:29 – 08:50 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:50 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:11 – 11:31 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:31 – 12:52 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:52 – 14:13 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:13 – 15:34 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:34 – 16:55 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:55 – 18:15 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:15 – 19:55 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:55 – 21:34 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:34 – 23:13 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:13 – 00:52 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:52 – 02:31 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:31 – 04:11 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:11 – 05:50 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:50 – 07:29 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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)1818873.27 · 4979.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2407338.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.1623° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)310.65° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (22.1623°) · declination -23.42° · EoT 1.85 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:1878-12-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)