पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · November 10, 1996 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: नरक चतुर्दशी — Naraka Caturdaśī (Choṭī Diwālī)
Krishna slew Narakāsura, freeing 16,000 captive princesses. Day 2 of Diwali.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.30 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
देही नित्यमवध्योऽयं देहे सर्वस्य भारत।

तस्मात्सर्वाणि भूतानि न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि।।2.30।।
"2.30 Be not anxious about these armies. The Spirit in man is imperishable." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.30's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya204.11°TulāViśākhā P2
चन्द्र Candra190.16°TulāSvātī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala132.05°SiṃhaMaghā P4
बुध Budha208.88°TulāViśākhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati260.57°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra170.28°KanyāHasta P4
शनि Śani337.25°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:04 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:13 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:38 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:01 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:24 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 09 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 50 Mins 29 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:34 – 06:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:08 – 07:04
Abhijit Muhūrta12:16 – 13:01
Vijaya Muhūrta14:30 – 15:15
Godhūli Muhūrta18:01 – 18:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:13 – 18:41
Amṛta Kāla17:58 – 19:43
Niśīta Muhūrta00:16 – 01:01

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:49 – 18:13
Yamaganda12:38 – 14:02
Gulika Kāla15:26 – 16:49
Varjyam07:32 – 07:49
Dur Muhūrta 09:40 – 10:02

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:04 – 08:27 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:27 – 09:51 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:51 – 11:15 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:15 – 12:38 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:38 – 14:02 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:02 – 15:26 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:26 – 16:49 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:49 – 18:13 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:13 – 19:49 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:49 – 21:26 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:26 – 23:02 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:02 – 00:38 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:38 – 02:15 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:15 – 03:51 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:51 – 05:27 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:27 – 07:04 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 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)1861932.27 · 5097.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450397.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8091° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)345.14° · 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 (23.8091°) · declination -17.17° · EoT 15.74 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:1996-11-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)