पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · April 16, 1897 CE

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🪷 आज: नरसिंह जयन्ती — Narasiṁha Jayantī
Bhagavān Narasiṁha manifested to protect the bhakta Prahlāda. Krishna's fierce protective form.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.43 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
एवं बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना।

जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम्।।3.43।।
"3.43 Thus, O Mighty-in-Arms, knowing Him to be beyond the intellect and, by His help, subduing thy personal egotism, kill thine enemy, Desire, extremely difficult though it be."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.43's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1954 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1819 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1304
Malayalam Era: 1073
Nanakshahi: 428
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya3.88°MeṣaAśvinī P2
चन्द्र Candra166.63°KanyāHasta P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala81.37°MithunaPunarvasu P1
बुध Budha19.88°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati128.55°SiṃhaMaghā P3
शुक्र Śukra24.57°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
शनि Śani218.37°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:34 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:15 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:54 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:48 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:42 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 40 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 19 Mins 05 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:52 – 05:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:30 – 06:34
Abhijit Muhūrta12:29 – 13:19
Vijaya Muhūrta15:01 – 15:52
Godhūli Muhūrta19:03 – 19:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:15 – 19:46
Amṛta Kāla19:00 – 20:45
Niśīta Muhūrta00:29 – 01:19

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:19 – 12:54
Yamaganda16:04 – 17:39
Gulika Kāla08:09 – 09:44
Varjyam07:05 – 07:26
Dur Muhūrta 09:31 – 09:57

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (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):
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 · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:34 – 08:09 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:09 – 09:44 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:44 – 11:19 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:19 – 12:54 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:54 – 14:29 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:29 – 16:04 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg16:04 – 17:39 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:39 – 19:15 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:15 – 20:39 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:39 – 22:04 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala22:04 – 23:29 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:29 – 00:54 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:54 – 02:19 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:19 – 03:44 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:44 – 05:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:09 – 06:34 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

9 steps · festival walk
Today is Narasiṁha Jayantī — its dedicated walk.
Bhāgavata 7.8 (Prahlāda-Narasiṁha) + protective verses.

🌌 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 Year4999 · Kali-4999
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1825565.27 · 4998.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2414030.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.4182° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)162.94° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 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 (22.4182°) · declination 10.15° · EoT 0.02 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:1897-04-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)