पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · February 18, 1890 CE

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🪷 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 9.14 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
सततं कीर्तयन्तो मां यतन्तश्च दृढव्रताः।

नमस्यन्तश्च मां भक्त्या नित्ययुक्ता उपासते।।9.14।।
"9.14 Always extolling Me, strenuous, firm in their vows, prostrating themselves before Me, they worship Me continually with concentrated devotion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1947 Śobhana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1812 Vikṛti
Bengali Saṁvat: 1297
Malayalam Era: 1066
Nanakshahi: 421
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya307.06°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra287.57°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala214.19°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
बुध Budha282.64°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati278.46°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra308.51°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani129.23°SiṃhaMaghā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:24 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:53 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)13:09 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:18 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:23 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 28 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 31 Mins 27 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:52 – 06:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:27 – 07:24
Abhijit Muhūrta12:46 – 13:32
Vijaya Muhūrta15:03 – 15:49
Godhūli Muhūrta18:41 – 19:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:53 – 19:22
Amṛta Kāla18:38 – 20:23
Niśīta Muhūrta00:46 – 01:32

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:01 – 17:27
Yamaganda10:16 – 11:42
Gulika Kāla13:09 – 14:35
Varjyam07:53 – 08:11
Dur Muhūrta 10:05 – 10:28

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:24 – 08:50 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:50 – 10:16 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:16 – 11:42 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:42 – 13:09 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta13:09 – 14:35 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:35 – 16:01 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha16:01 – 17:27 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:27 – 18:53 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:53 – 20:27 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:27 – 22:01 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga22:01 – 23:35 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:35 – 01:09 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala01:09 – 02:42 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:42 – 04:16 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:16 – 05:50 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:50 – 07:24 (inauspicious)

🌐 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 Year4991 · Kali-4991
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1822951.27 · 4991.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2411416.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.3182° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)342.38° · 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 (22.3182°) · declination -11.69° · EoT -14.43 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:1890-02-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)