पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · May 15, 1894 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: निर्जला एकादशी — Nirjalā Ekādaśī
Strictest Ekādaśī (no water for 24 hours); Bhīma's vrata. Confers fruit of all 24 Ekādaśīs.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.8 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
अमानित्वमदम्भित्वमहिंसा क्षान्तिरार्जवम्।आचार्योपासनं शौचं स्थैर्यमात्मविनिग्रहः।।13.8।।
"13.8 Humility, sincerity, harmlessness, forgiveness, rectitude, service of the Master, purity, steadfastness, self-control;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1951 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1816 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1301
Malayalam Era: 1070
Nanakshahi: 425
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya31.79°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
चन्द्र Candra156.89°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala312.63°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
बुध Budha26.40°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati47.70°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra348.03°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani178.18°KanyāCitrā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:14 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:26 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:50 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:08 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:14 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 11 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 48 Mins 15 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:29 – 05:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:09 – 06:14
Abhijit Muhūrta12:24 – 13:17
Vijaya Muhūrta15:02 – 15:55
Godhūli Muhūrta19:14 – 19:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:26 – 19:59
Amṛta Kāla19:11 – 20:56
Niśīta Muhūrta00:24 – 01:17

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:08 – 17:47
Yamaganda09:32 – 11:11
Gulika Kāla12:50 – 14:29
Varjyam06:47 – 07:09
Dur Muhūrta 09:19 – 09:46

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:14 – 07:53 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:53 – 09:32 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:32 – 11:11 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:11 – 12:50 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:50 – 14:29 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:29 – 16:08 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha16:08 – 17:47 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:47 – 19:26 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:26 – 20:47 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:47 – 22:08 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga22:08 – 23:29 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:29 – 00:50 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:50 – 02:11 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:11 – 03:32 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:32 – 04:53 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:53 – 06:14 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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 Year4996 · Kali-4996
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1824498.27 · 4995.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2412963.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.3774° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)124.11° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30)
🪷 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 (22.3774°) · declination 18.81° · EoT 3.76 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:1894-05-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)