पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · January 9, 1885 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 16.18 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
अहङ्कारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं च संश्रिताः।मामात्मपरदेहेषु प्रद्विषन्तोऽभ्यसूयकाः।।16.18।।
"16.18 Puffed up by power and inordinate conceit, swayed by lust and wrath, these wicked people hate Me Who am within them, as I am within all." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1942 Vilambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1807 Pārthiva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1292
Malayalam Era: 1061
Nanakshahi: 416
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya266.76°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra186.83°TulāSvātī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala276.00°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha256.91°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati134.37°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra240.07°DhanuMūla P1
शनि Śani57.26°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:36 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:27 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)13:01 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:57 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:26 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 51 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 08 Mins 33 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:09 – 06:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:41 – 07:36
Abhijit Muhūrta12:40 – 13:23
Vijaya Muhūrta14:50 – 15:33
Godhūli Muhūrta18:15 – 18:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:27 – 18:54
Amṛta Kāla18:12 – 19:57
Niśīta Muhūrta00:40 – 01:23

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:40 – 13:01
Yamaganda15:44 – 17:06
Gulika Kāla08:57 – 10:18
Varjyam08:03 – 08:20
Dur Muhūrta 10:08 – 10:29

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
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):
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 · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:36 – 08:57 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:57 – 10:18 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:18 – 11:40 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:40 – 13:01 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha13:01 – 14:23 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:23 – 15:44 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:44 – 17:06 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:06 – 18:27 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:27 – 20:06 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:06 – 21:44 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:44 – 23:23 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:23 – 01:01 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta01:01 – 02:40 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:40 – 04:18 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:18 – 05:57 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:57 – 07:36 (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 Year4986 · Kali-4986
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1821085.27 · 4986.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2409550.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.2469° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)277.28° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 24/30)
🪷 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 (22.2469°) · declination -22.09° · EoT -7.10 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:1885-01-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)