पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · August 3, 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.56 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सर्वकर्माण्यपि सदा कुर्वाणो मद्व्यपाश्रयः।मत्प्रसादादवाप्नोति शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम्।।18.56।।
"18.56 Relying on Me in all his action and doing them for My sake, he attains, by My Grace, Eternal and Unchangeable Life." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.56's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya107.18°KarkaAśleṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra337.24°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala71.81°MithunaĀrdrā P2
बुध Budha128.40°SiṃhaMaghā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati255.60°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra62.69°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
शनि Śani343.36°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:27 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:33 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)13:00 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:17 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:23 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 06 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 53 Mins 14 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:42 – 05:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:21 – 06:27
Abhijit Muhūrta12:34 – 13:26
Vijaya Muhūrta15:11 – 16:04
Godhūli Muhūrta19:21 – 19:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:33 – 20:06
Amṛta Kāla19:18 – 21:03
Niśīta Muhūrta00:34 – 01:26

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:43 – 11:22
Yamaganda14:38 – 16:17
Gulika Kāla06:27 – 08:05
Varjyam06:59 – 07:20
Dur Muhūrta 09:30 – 09:56

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (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):
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 Kāla06:27 – 08:05 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:05 – 09:43 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:43 – 11:22 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:22 – 13:00 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala13:00 – 14:38 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:38 – 16:17 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta16:17 – 17:55 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:55 – 19:33 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:33 – 20:55 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:55 – 22:17 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla22:17 – 23:38 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:38 – 01:00 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga01:00 – 02:22 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:22 – 03:43 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:43 – 05:05 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:05 – 06:27 (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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861833.27 · 5097.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450298.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8053° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)227.81° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (23.8053°) · declination 17.47° · EoT -5.88 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:1996-08-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)