पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · December 28, 1890 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 18.42 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
शमो दमस्तपः शौचं क्षान्तिरार्जवमेव च।ज्ञानं विज्ञानमास्तिक्यं ब्रह्मकर्म स्वभावजम्।।18.42।।
"18.42 Serenity, self-restraint, austerity, purity, forgiveness, as well as uprightness, knowledge, wisdom and faith in God - these constitute the duty of a spiritual Teacher." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.42's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1947 Śobhana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1812 Vikṛti
Bengali Saṁvat: 1297
Malayalam Era: 1066
Nanakshahi: 421
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya253.98°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra94.14°KarkaPuṣya P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala317.41°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
बुध Budha275.20°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati293.00°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शुक्र Śukra223.73°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शनि Śani145.77°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:33 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:19 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:56 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:38 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:55 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 46 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 13 Mins 08 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:06 – 06:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:39 – 07:33
Abhijit Muhūrta12:34 – 13:18
Vijaya Muhūrta14:44 – 15:27
Godhūli Muhūrta18:07 – 18:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:19 – 18:46
Amṛta Kāla18:04 – 19:49
Niśīta Muhūrta00:34 – 01:18

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:59 – 18:19
Yamaganda12:56 – 14:17
Gulika Kāla15:38 – 16:59
Varjyam08:00 – 08:17
Dur Muhūrta 10:04 – 10:25

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
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 · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:33 – 08:53 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:53 – 10:14 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:14 – 11:35 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:35 – 12:56 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:56 – 14:17 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:17 – 15:38 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:38 – 16:59 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:59 – 18:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:19 – 19:59 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:59 – 21:38 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:38 – 23:17 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:17 – 00:56 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:56 – 02:35 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:35 – 04:14 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:14 – 05:53 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:53 – 07:33 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 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 Year4992 · Kali-4992
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1823264.27 · 4991.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2411729.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.3302° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)202.75° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 17/30)
🪷 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 (22.3302°) · declination -23.29° · EoT -1.89 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:1890-12-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)