पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · January 16, 1997 CE

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🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.25 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
सक्ताः कर्मण्यविद्वांसो यथा कुर्वन्ति भारत।

कुर्याद्विद्वांस्तथासक्तश्िचकीर्षुर्लोकसंग्रहम्।।3.25।।
"3.25 As the ignorant act, because of their fondness for action, so should the wise act without such attachment, fixing their eyes, O Arjuna, only on the welfare of the world." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.25's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2054 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1919 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1404
Malayalam Era: 1173
Nanakshahi: 528
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya272.13°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra4.62°MeṣaAśvinī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala159.60°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha249.74°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati274.93°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra253.53°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani338.45°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:36 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:32 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)13:04 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:53 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:34 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 55 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 04 Mins 17 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:09 – 06:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:41 – 07:36
Abhijit Muhūrta12:42 – 13:26
Vijaya Muhūrta14:53 – 15:37
Godhūli Muhūrta18:20 – 18:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:32 – 18:59
Amṛta Kāla18:17 – 20:02
Niśīta Muhūrta00:42 – 01:26

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:26 – 15:48
Yamaganda07:36 – 08:58
Gulika Kāla10:20 – 11:42
Varjyam08:03 – 08:21
Dur Muhūrta 10:09 – 10:31

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:36 – 08:58 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:58 – 10:20 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg10:20 – 11:42 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:42 – 13:04 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha13:04 – 14:26 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:26 – 15:48 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:48 – 17:10 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:10 – 18:32 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:32 – 20:10 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:10 – 21:48 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:48 – 23:26 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:26 – 01:04 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg01:04 – 02:42 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:42 – 04:20 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha04:20 – 05:58 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:58 – 07:36 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

🌌 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)1861999.27 · 5098.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450464.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8117° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)89.50° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (23.8117°) · declination -20.96° · EoT -9.69 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:1997-01-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)