पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · January 20, 1893 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 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 1.17 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
काश्यश्च परमेष्वासः शिखण्डी च महारथः।

धृष्टद्युम्नो विराटश्च सात्यकिश्चापराजितः।।1.17।।
"1.17 And the Maharaja of Benares, the great archer, Shikhandi, the great soldier, Dhrishtayumna, Virata and Satyaki, the invincible," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1950 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1815 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1300
Malayalam Era: 1069
Nanakshahi: 424
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya277.91°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra301.75°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala354.33°MīnaRevatī P3
बुध Budha262.05°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati356.64°MīnaRevatī P3
शुक्र Śukra254.18°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani171.40°KanyāHasta P4

☀️ 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)09:00 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:21 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 58 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 01 Mins 04 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 Kāla11:43 – 13:05
Yamaganda15:50 – 17:12
Gulika Kāla08:58 – 10:20
Varjyam08:03 – 08:21
Dur Muhūrta 10:09 – 10:31

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (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 · 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 Chala07:36 – 08:58 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:58 – 10:20 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:20 – 11:43 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:43 – 13:05 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha13:05 – 14:27 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:27 – 15:50 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:50 – 17:12 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:12 – 18:35 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:35 – 20:12 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:12 – 21:50 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:50 – 23:27 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:27 – 01:05 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta01:05 – 02:43 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:43 – 04:20 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:20 – 05:58 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:58 – 07:36 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year4994 · Kali-4994
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1824018.27 · 4994.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2412483.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.3591° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)23.65° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (22.3591°) · declination -20.09° · 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:1893-01-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)