पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · October 18, 1997 CE

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🪷 आज: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.5 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga🪷 Paśya Me Pārtha Rūpāṇi · Behold My Forms
श्री भगवानुवाच

पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः।

नानाविधानि दिव्यानि नानावर्णाकृतीनि च।।11.5।।
"11.5 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Behold, O Arjuna! My celestial forms, by hundred and thousands, various in kind, in colour and in shape." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2054 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1919 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1404
Malayalam Era: 1173
Nanakshahi: 528
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya180.88°TulāCitrā P3
चन्द्र Candra26.88°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala229.81°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha183.70°TulāCitrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati288.43°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शुक्र Śukra226.97°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani352.41°MīnaRevatī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:51 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:27 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:39 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:50 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:56 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 35 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 24 Mins 18 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:18 – 06:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:53 – 06:51
Abhijit Muhūrta12:16 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:35 – 15:21
Godhūli Muhūrta18:15 – 18:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:27 – 18:56
Amṛta Kāla18:12 – 19:57
Niśīta Muhūrta00:16 – 01:02

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:45 – 11:12
Yamaganda14:06 – 15:33
Gulika Kāla06:51 – 08:18
Varjyam07:20 – 07:38
Dur Muhūrta 09:33 – 09:56

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:51 – 08:18 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:18 – 09:45 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:45 – 11:12 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:12 – 12:39 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:39 – 14:06 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:06 – 15:33 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:33 – 17:00 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:00 – 18:27 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:27 – 20:00 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:00 – 21:33 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:33 – 23:06 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:06 – 00:39 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:39 – 02:12 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:12 – 03:45 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:45 – 05:18 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:18 – 06:51 (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 Year5099 · Kali-5099
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862274.27 · 5098.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450739.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8222° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)205.86° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 18/30)
🪷 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 (23.8222°) · declination -9.57° · EoT 15.40 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:1997-10-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)