पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · April 12, 1997 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: रामानुजाचार्य जयन्ती — Rāmānujācārya Jayantī
Birth of Rāmānujācārya; Viśiṣṭādvaita-pratiṣṭhāpaka. Caitra Śukla 5.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.26 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
कामक्रोधवियुक्तानां यतीनां यतचेतसाम्।

अभितो ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं वर्तते विदितात्मनाम्।।5.26।।
"5.26 Saints who know their Selves, who control their minds, and feel neither desire nor anger, find Eternal Bliss everywhere." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2054 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1919 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1404
Malayalam Era: 1173
Nanakshahi: 528
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya358.36°MīnaRevatī P4
चन्द्र Candra57.62°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala144.50°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha15.60°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati293.11°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शुक्र Śukra0.84°MeṣaAśvinī P1
शनि Śani347.95°MīnaRevatī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:37 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:13 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:55 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:09 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:35 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 35 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 24 Mins 13 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:57 – 05:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:34 – 06:37
Abhijit Muhūrta12:30 – 13:20
Vijaya Muhūrta15:01 – 15:52
Godhūli Muhūrta19:01 – 19:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:13 – 19:45
Amṛta Kāla18:58 – 20:43
Niśīta Muhūrta00:30 – 01:20

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:46 – 11:21
Yamaganda14:30 – 16:04
Gulika Kāla06:37 – 08:12
Varjyam07:09 – 07:29
Dur Muhūrta 09:34 – 09:59

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:37 – 08:12 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:12 – 09:46 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:46 – 11:21 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:21 – 12:55 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:55 – 14:30 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:30 – 16:04 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta16:04 – 17:39 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:39 – 19:13 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:13 – 20:39 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:39 – 22:04 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla22:04 – 23:30 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:30 – 00:55 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:55 – 02:21 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:21 – 03:46 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:46 – 05:12 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:12 – 06:37 (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)1862085.27 · 5098.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450550.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8150° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)58.39° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 5/30)
🪷 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 (23.8150°) · declination 8.63° · EoT -1.04 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:1997-04-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)