पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · April 16, 1996 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.19 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
यो मामेवमसम्मूढो जानाति पुरुषोत्तमम्।स सर्वविद्भजति मां सर्वभावेन भारत।।15.19।।
"15.19 He who with unclouded vision sees Me as the Lord-God, knows all there is to be known, and always shall worship Me with his whole heart." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya2.53°MeṣaAśvinī P1
चन्द्र Candra338.71°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala353.55°MīnaRevatī P3
बुध Budha20.50°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati263.44°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra47.53°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शनि Śani337.22°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:34 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:15 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:54 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:15 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:23 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 40 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 19 Mins 02 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:52 – 05:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:30 – 06:34
Abhijit Muhūrta12:29 – 13:19
Vijaya Muhūrta15:01 – 15:52
Godhūli Muhūrta19:03 – 19:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:15 – 19:46
Amṛta Kāla19:00 – 20:45
Niśīta Muhūrta00:29 – 01:19

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:04 – 17:39
Yamaganda09:44 – 11:19
Gulika Kāla12:54 – 14:29
Varjyam07:05 – 07:26
Dur Muhūrta 09:31 – 09:57

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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 Roga06:34 – 08:09 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:09 – 09:44 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:44 – 11:19 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:19 – 12:54 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:54 – 14:29 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:29 – 16:04 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha16:04 – 17:39 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:39 – 19:15 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:15 – 20:39 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:39 – 22:04 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga22:04 – 23:29 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:29 – 00:54 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:54 – 02:19 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:19 – 03:44 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:44 – 05:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:09 – 06:34 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861724.27 · 5097.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450189.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8012° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)337.54° · 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 (23.8012°) · declination 10.16° · EoT 0.02 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:1996-04-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)