पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · February 27, 1881 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: महा शिवरात्रि — Mahā Śivarātri
The greatest night of Lord Śiva; cosmic dance of dissolution.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.8 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
असत्यमप्रतिष्ठं ते जगदाहुरनीश्वरम्।अपरस्परसम्भूतं किमन्यत्कामहैतुकम्।।16.8।।
"16.8 They say the universe is an accident with no purpose and no God. Life is created by sexual union, a product of lust and nothing else." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1938 Jaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1803 Vṛṣa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1288
Malayalam Era: 1057
Nanakshahi: 412
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya316.43°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra296.65°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala282.30°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
बुध Budha335.25°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati359.18°MīnaRevatī P4
शुक्र Śukra4.50°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शनि Śani4.34°MeṣaAśvinī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:18 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:57 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)13:08 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:11 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:26 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 39 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 20 Mins 12 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:44 – 06:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:19 – 07:18
Abhijit Muhūrta12:44 – 13:31
Vijaya Muhūrta15:04 – 15:51
Godhūli Muhūrta18:45 – 19:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:57 – 19:27
Amṛta Kāla18:42 – 20:27
Niśīta Muhūrta00:44 – 01:31

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:30 – 18:57
Yamaganda13:08 – 14:35
Gulika Kāla16:02 – 17:30
Varjyam07:47 – 08:05
Dur Muhūrta 10:01 – 10:24

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:18 – 08:45 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:45 – 10:13 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:13 – 11:40 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:40 – 13:08 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla13:08 – 14:35 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:35 – 16:02 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga16:02 – 17:30 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:30 – 18:57 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:57 – 20:30 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:30 – 22:02 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg22:02 – 23:35 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:35 – 01:08 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha01:08 – 02:40 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:40 – 04:13 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:13 – 05:45 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:45 – 07:18 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

12 steps · festival walk
Today is Mahā Śivarātri — its dedicated walk.
Śiva-stuti through Bhāgavata + Mahābhārata Anuśāsana.

🌌 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 Year4982 · Kali-4982
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1819673.27 · 4982.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2408138.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.1929° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)342.29° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (22.1929°) · declination -8.34° · EoT -13.39 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:1881-02-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)