पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · February 28, 1995 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 3.38 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
धूमेनाव्रियते वह्निर्यथाऽऽदर्शो मलेन च।

यथोल्बेनावृतो गर्भस्तथा तेनेदमावृतम्।।3.38।।
"3.38 As fire is shrouded in smoke, a mirror by dust and a child by the womb, so is the universe enveloped in desire." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2052 Sarvadhāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1917 Yuva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1402
Malayalam Era: 1171
Nanakshahi: 526
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya315.19°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra296.87°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala113.27°KarkaAśleṣā P2
बुध Budha288.29°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati230.14°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra272.89°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani320.48°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:17 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:57 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)13:07 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:32 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 40 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 19 Mins 45 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:44 – 06:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:19 – 07:17
Abhijit Muhūrta12:44 – 13:31
Vijaya Muhūrta15:04 – 15:51
Godhūli Muhūrta18:45 – 19:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:57 – 19:27
Amṛta Kāla18:42 – 20:27
Niśīta Muhūrta00:44 – 01:31

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:02 – 17:30
Yamaganda10:12 – 11:40
Gulika Kāla13:07 – 14:35
Varjyam07:46 – 08:05
Dur Muhūrta 10:01 – 10:24

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:17 – 08:45 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:45 – 10:12 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:12 – 11:40 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:40 – 13:07 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta13:07 – 14:35 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:35 – 16:02 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha16:02 – 17:30 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:30 – 18:57 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:57 – 20:30 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:30 – 22:02 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga22:02 – 23:35 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:35 – 01:07 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala01:07 – 02:40 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:40 – 04:12 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:12 – 05:45 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:45 – 07:17 (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 Year5096 · Kali-5096
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861311.27 · 5096.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2449776.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7854° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)343.28° · 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 (23.7854°) · declination -8.21° · EoT -13.22 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:1995-02-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)