पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · March 20, 1931 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: चैत्र नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Caitra Navrātri Start (Gudhi Padwā)
Spring Navrātri begins; Vasanta-pakṣa Devī worship. Maharashtra: Gudhi Padwā. South: Ugadi. Sindhi: Cheti Chand.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.12 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अनिष्टमिष्टं मिश्रं च त्रिविधं कर्मणः फलम्।भवत्यत्यागिनां प्रेत्य न तु संन्यासिनां क्वचित्।।18.12।।
"18.12 For those who cannot renounce all desire, the fruit of action hereafter is threefold - good, evil, and partly good and partly evil. But for him who has renounced, there is none." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1988 Tāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1853 Prajāpati
Bengali Saṁvat: 1338
Malayalam Era: 1107
Nanakshahi: 462
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya335.58°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra343.31°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala96.27°KarkaPuṣya P1
बुध Budha340.43°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati78.48°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra294.34°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani269.18°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:00 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:05 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)13:02 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:27 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:40 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 05 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 54 Mins 47 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:23 – 06:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:59 – 07:00
Abhijit Muhūrta12:38 – 13:26
Vijaya Muhūrta15:03 – 15:51
Godhūli Muhūrta18:53 – 19:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:05 – 19:35
Amṛta Kāla18:50 – 20:35
Niśīta Muhūrta00:38 – 01:26

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:32 – 13:02
Yamaganda16:04 – 17:34
Gulika Kāla08:30 – 10:01
Varjyam07:30 – 07:49
Dur Muhūrta 09:49 – 10:13

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:00 – 08:30 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:30 – 10:01 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:01 – 11:32 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:32 – 13:02 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha13:02 – 14:33 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:33 – 16:04 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg16:04 – 17:34 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:34 – 19:05 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:05 – 20:34 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:34 – 22:04 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala22:04 – 23:33 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:33 – 01:02 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta01:02 – 02:32 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:32 – 04:01 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:01 – 05:30 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:30 – 07:00 (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 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 Year5032 · Kali-5032
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1837955.27 · 5032.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2426420.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.8921° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)8.96° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (22.8921°) · declination -0.61° · EoT -8.15 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:1931-03-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)