पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · January 20, 1885 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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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 17.5 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
अशास्त्रविहितं घोरं तप्यन्ते ये तपो जनाः।दम्भाहङ्कारसंयुक्ताः कामरागबलान्विताः।।17.5।।
"17.5 Those who practise austerities not commanded by scripture, who are slaves to hypocrisy and egotism, who are carried away by the fury of desire and passion," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1942 Vilambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1807 Pārthiva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1292
Malayalam Era: 1061
Nanakshahi: 416
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya277.96°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra319.54°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala284.62°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha255.86°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati133.53°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra253.75°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani56.61°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:36 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:35 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)13:05 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:01 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:42 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 58 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 01 Mins 07 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 Muhūrta18:23 – 18:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:35 – 19:02
Amṛta Kāla18:20 – 20:05
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: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · 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 – 18:35 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:35 – 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 Year4986 · Kali-4986
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1821096.27 · 4986.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2409561.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.2473° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)43.75° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (22.2473°) · declination -20.10° · 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:1885-01-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)