पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · August 20, 1891 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: पितृ पक्ष आरम्भ — Pitṛ-Pakṣa Start
Begin 16-day śrāddha period for ancestors. Bhādrapada Pūrṇimā next-day.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.37 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यथैधांसि समिद्धोऽग्निर्भस्मसात्कुरुतेऽर्जुन।

ज्ञानाग्निः सर्वकर्माणि भस्मसात्कुरुते तथा।।4.37।।
"4.37 As the kindled fire consumes the fuel, so, O Arjuna, in the flame of wisdom the embers of action are burnt to ashes." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1948 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1813 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1298
Malayalam Era: 1067
Nanakshahi: 422
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya124.37°SiṃhaMaghā P2
चन्द्र Candra306.41°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala119.25°KarkaAśleṣā P4
बुध Budha153.09°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati324.28°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra117.88°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शनि Śani145.91°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:32 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:22 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:57 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:23 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:48 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 49 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 10 Mins 36 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:50 – 05:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:28 – 06:32
Abhijit Muhūrta12:32 – 13:23
Vijaya Muhūrta15:05 – 15:57
Godhūli Muhūrta19:10 – 19:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:22 – 19:54
Amṛta Kāla19:07 – 20:52
Niśīta Muhūrta00:32 – 01:23

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:33 – 16:10
Yamaganda06:32 – 08:09
Gulika Kāla09:45 – 11:21
Varjyam07:05 – 07:25
Dur Muhūrta 09:32 – 09:58

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:32 – 08:09 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:09 – 09:45 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:45 – 11:21 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:21 – 12:57 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:57 – 14:33 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:33 – 16:10 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla16:10 – 17:46 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:46 – 19:22 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:22 – 20:46 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:46 – 22:10 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha22:10 – 23:33 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:33 – 00:57 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:57 – 02:21 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:21 – 03:45 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:45 – 05:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:09 – 06:32 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year4993 · Kali-4993
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1823499.27 · 4992.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2411964.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.3392° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)181.07° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (22.3392°) · declination 12.61° · EoT -3.05 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:1891-08-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)