पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · August 24, 1991 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: ओणम् (वामन-बलि स्मरण) — Onam (Vāmana / King Bali)
Kerala festival; King Bali's annual return to Kerala. Aligned with Thiru-Onam (Śravaṇa nakshatra in Bhādrapada).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.42 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
अथवा योगिनामेव कुले भवति धीमताम्।

एतद्धि दुर्लभतरं लोके जन्म यदीदृशम्।।6.42।।
"6.42 Or, he may be born in the family of the wise sages, though a birth like this is, indeed, very difficult to obtain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.42's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2048 Tāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1913 Prajāpati
Bengali Saṁvat: 1398
Malayalam Era: 1167
Nanakshahi: 522
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya126.66°SiṃhaMaghā P2
चन्द्र Candra291.44°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala151.12°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha122.90°SiṃhaMaghā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati121.95°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शुक्र Śukra124.79°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शनि Śani277.68°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:34 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:19 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:56 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:20 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:30 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 44 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 15 Mins 02 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:52 – 05:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:30 – 06:34
Abhijit Muhūrta12:31 – 13:22
Vijaya Muhūrta15:04 – 15:55
Godhūli Muhūrta19:07 – 19:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:19 – 19:50
Amṛta Kāla19:04 – 20:49
Niśīta Muhūrta00:31 – 01:22

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:45 – 11:20
Yamaganda14:32 – 16:07
Gulika Kāla06:34 – 08:09
Varjyam07:06 – 07:26
Dur Muhūrta 09:32 – 09:58

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Kāla06:34 – 08:09 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:09 – 09:45 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:45 – 11:20 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:20 – 12:56 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:56 – 14:32 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:32 – 16:07 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta16:07 – 17:43 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:43 – 19:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:19 – 20:43 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:43 – 22:07 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla22:07 – 23:32 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:32 – 00:56 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:56 – 02:20 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:20 – 03:45 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:45 – 05:09 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:09 – 06:34 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5093 · Kali-5093
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1860027.27 · 5092.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2448492.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7363° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)164.44° · 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 (23.7363°) · declination 11.33° · EoT -1.99 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:1991-08-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)