पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · April 23, 1902 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: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.21 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मनः।कामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभस्तस्मादेतत्त्रयं त्यजेत्।।16.21।।
"16.21 The gates of hell are three: lust, wrath and avarice. They destroy the Self. Avoid them." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1959 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1824 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1309
Malayalam Era: 1078
Nanakshahi: 433
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya9.46°MeṣaAśvinī P3
चन्द्र Candra192.40°TulāSvātī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala5.60°MeṣaAśvinī P2
बुध Budha3.94°MeṣaAśvinī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati293.26°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शुक्र Śukra324.66°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani276.41°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:29 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:16 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:53 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:24 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:45 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 47 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 12 Mins 12 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:46 – 05:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:25 – 06:29
Abhijit Muhūrta12:27 – 13:18
Vijaya Muhūrta15:00 – 15:52
Godhūli Muhūrta19:04 – 19:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:16 – 19:48
Amṛta Kāla19:01 – 20:46
Niśīta Muhūrta00:27 – 01:18

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:53 – 14:28
Yamaganda08:05 – 09:41
Gulika Kāla11:17 – 12:53
Varjyam07:01 – 07:21
Dur Muhūrta 09:28 – 09:53

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:29 – 08:05 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:05 – 09:41 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:41 – 11:17 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:17 – 12:53 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:53 – 14:28 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:28 – 16:04 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala16:04 – 17:40 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:40 – 19:16 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:16 – 20:40 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:40 – 22:04 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha22:04 – 23:28 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:28 – 00:53 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:53 – 02:17 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:17 – 03:41 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:41 – 05:05 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:05 – 06:29 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5004 · Kali-5004
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1827397.27 · 5003.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2415862.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.4883° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)184.51° · 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 (22.4883°) · declination 12.15° · EoT 1.60 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:1902-04-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)