पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · December 26, 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: 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 6.6 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
बन्धुरात्माऽऽत्मनस्तस्य येनात्मैवात्मना जितः।

अनात्मनस्तु शत्रुत्वे वर्तेतात्मैव शत्रुवत्।।6.6।।
"6.6 To him who has conquered his lower nature by Its help, the Self is a friend, but to him who has not done so, It is an enemy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.6'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 Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya252.23°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra130.28°SiṃhaMaghā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala149.45°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha239.26°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati164.35°KanyāHasta P2
शुक्र Śukra299.90°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani73.59°MithunaĀrdrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:32 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:18 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:55 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:27 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:07 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 46 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 13 Mins 25 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:06 – 06:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:38 – 07:32
Abhijit Muhūrta12:34 – 13:17
Vijaya Muhūrta14:43 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta18:06 – 18:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:18 – 18:45
Amṛta Kāla18:03 – 19:48
Niśīta Muhūrta00:34 – 01:17

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:13 – 11:34
Yamaganda14:16 – 15:37
Gulika Kāla07:32 – 08:53
Varjyam07:59 – 08:16
Dur Muhūrta 10:03 – 10:24

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: 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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:32 – 08:53 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:53 – 10:13 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:13 – 11:34 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:34 – 12:55 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:55 – 14:16 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:16 – 15:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:37 – 16:58 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:58 – 18:18 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:18 – 19:58 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:58 – 21:37 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:37 – 23:16 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:16 – 00:55 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:55 – 02:34 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:34 – 04:13 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:13 – 05:53 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:53 – 07:32 (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 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 Year4987 · Kali-4987
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1821436.27 · 4986.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2409901.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.2603° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)234.69° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (22.2603°) · declination -23.36° · EoT -0.96 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:1885-12-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)