पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · February 20, 1917 CE

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🪷 आज: महा शिवरात्रि — Mahā Śivarātri
The greatest night of Lord Śiva; cosmic dance of dissolution.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.29 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
अनन्तश्चास्मि नागानां वरुणो यादसामहम्।

पितृ़णामर्यमा चास्मि यमः संयमतामहम्।।10.29।।
"10.29 I am the King-python among snakes, I am the Aqueous Principle among those that live in water, I am the Father of fathers, and among rulers I am Death." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.29's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1974 Pramoda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1839 Piṅgala
Bengali Saṁvat: 1324
Malayalam Era: 1093
Nanakshahi: 448
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya308.15°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra283.89°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala311.22°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
बुध Budha284.36°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati9.15°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra292.88°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शनि Śani92.62°KarkaPunarvasu P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:23 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:54 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)13:08 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:00 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:02 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 30 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 29 Mins 42 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:51 – 06:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:26 – 07:23
Abhijit Muhūrta12:45 – 13:31
Vijaya Muhūrta15:03 – 15:49
Godhūli Muhūrta18:42 – 19:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:54 – 19:22
Amṛta Kāla18:39 – 20:24
Niśīta Muhūrta00:45 – 01:31

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:01 – 17:27
Yamaganda10:16 – 11:42
Gulika Kāla13:08 – 14:35
Varjyam07:52 – 08:10
Dur Muhūrta 10:04 – 10:27

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
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 · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:23 – 08:50 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:50 – 10:16 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:16 – 11:42 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:42 – 13:08 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta13:08 – 14:35 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:35 – 16:01 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha16:01 – 17:27 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:27 – 18:54 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:54 – 20:27 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:27 – 22:01 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga22:01 – 23:35 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:35 – 01:08 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala01:08 – 02:42 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:42 – 04:16 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:16 – 05:50 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:50 – 07:23 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

12 steps · festival walk
Today is Mahā Śivarātri — its dedicated walk.
Śiva-stuti through Bhāgavata + Mahābhārata Anuśāsana.

🌌 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 Year5018 · Kali-5018
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1832814.27 · 5018.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2421279.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.6955° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)337.39° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (22.6955°) · declination -11.17° · EoT -14.28 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:1917-02-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)