पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · October 6, 1905 CE

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🪷 आज: महाष्टमी — Mahā-Aṣṭamī (Durgā-Aṣṭamī)
8th day of Śāradīya Navrātri; Mahiṣāsura-mardinī kṣaṇa.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.38 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
त्वमादिदेवः पुरुषः पुराण

स्त्वमस्य विश्वस्य परं निधानम्।

वेत्तासि वेद्यं च परं च धाम

त्वया ततं विश्वमनन्तरूप।।11.38।।
"11.38 Thou art the Primal God, the Ancient, the Supreme Abode of this universe, the Knower, the Knowledge and the Final Home. Thou fillest everything. Thy form is infinite." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1962 Kālayukta
Śaka Saṁvat: 1827 Viśvāvasu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1312
Malayalam Era: 1081
Nanakshahi: 436
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya169.58°KanyāHasta P3
चन्द्र Candra265.74°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala247.44°DhanuMūla P3
बुध Budha166.05°KanyāHasta P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati45.14°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra139.55°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani305.55°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:46 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:37 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:41 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:42 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:30 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 51 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 08 Mins 29 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:11 – 05:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:46 – 06:46
Abhijit Muhūrta12:18 – 13:05
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:27
Godhūli Muhūrta18:25 – 18:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:37 – 19:07
Amṛta Kāla18:22 – 20:07
Niśīta Muhūrta00:18 – 01:05

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:13 – 12:41
Yamaganda15:39 – 17:08
Gulika Kāla08:15 – 09:44
Varjyam07:15 – 07:34
Dur Muhūrta 09:32 – 09:55

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:46 – 08:15 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:15 – 09:44 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:44 – 11:13 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:13 – 12:41 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:41 – 14:10 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:10 – 15:39 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:39 – 17:08 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:08 – 18:37 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:37 – 20:08 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:08 – 21:39 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:39 – 23:10 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:10 – 00:41 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:41 – 02:13 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:13 – 03:44 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:44 – 05:15 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:15 – 06:46 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Pūrva Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year5007 · Kali-5007
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1828659.27 · 5006.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2417124.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.5366° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)93.11° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (22.5366°) · declination -4.79° · EoT 12.68 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:1905-10-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)