पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · August 17, 1995 CE

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🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.17 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः।

रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः।।8.17।।
"8.17 Those who understand the cosmic day and cosmic night know that one day of creation is a thousand cycles, and that the night is of equal length." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2052 Sarvadhāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1917 Yuva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1402
Malayalam Era: 1171
Nanakshahi: 526
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya119.90°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra17.71°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala172.56°KanyāHasta P4
बुध Budha138.33°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati222.18°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शुक्र Śukra118.88°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शनि Śani329.55°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:31 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:24 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:58 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:41 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:37 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 52 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 07 Mins 03 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:48 – 05:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:27 – 06:31
Abhijit Muhūrta12:32 – 13:24
Vijaya Muhūrta15:07 – 15:58
Godhūli Muhūrta19:12 – 19:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:24 – 19:57
Amṛta Kāla19:09 – 20:54
Niśīta Muhūrta00:32 – 01:24

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:34 – 16:11
Yamaganda06:31 – 08:08
Gulika Kāla09:45 – 11:21
Varjyam07:04 – 07:24
Dur Muhūrta 09:32 – 09:58

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:31 – 08:08 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:08 – 09:45 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:45 – 11:21 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:21 – 12:58 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:58 – 14:34 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:34 – 16:11 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla16:11 – 17:48 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:48 – 19:24 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:24 – 20:48 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:48 – 22:11 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha22:11 – 23:34 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:34 – 00:58 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:58 – 02:21 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:21 – 03:45 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:45 – 05:08 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:08 – 06:31 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5097 · Kali-5097
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861481.27 · 5096.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2449946.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7919° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)257.36° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 22/30)
🪷 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 (23.7919°) · declination 13.62° · EoT -3.75 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:1995-08-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)