पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · October 18, 1998 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: धनतेरस / धन्वन्तरि जयन्ती — Dhanteras (Dhanvantari Jayantī)
Birth of Dhanvantari from samudra-mathana with amṛta-kalaśa. Day 1 of Diwali.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.36 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अवाच्यवादांश्च बहून् वदिष्यन्ति तवाहिताः।

निन्दन्तस्तव सामर्थ्यं ततो दुःखतरं नु किम्।।2.36।।
"2.36 Thine enemies will spread scandal and mock at thy courage. Can anything be more humiliating?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya180.63°TulāCitrā P3
चन्द्र Candra154.67°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala132.57°SiṃhaMaghā P4
बुध Budha195.25°TulāSvātī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati325.49°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra177.55°KanyāCitrā P2
शनि Śani6.71°MeṣaAśvinī P3

☀️ 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)04:51 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:58 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 36 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 24 Mins 00 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:18 – 06:04
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 Kāla17:00 – 18:27
Yamaganda12:39 – 14:06
Gulika Kāla15:33 – 17:00
Varjyam07:20 – 07:38
Dur Muhūrta 09:33 – 09:56

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:51 – 08:18 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:18 – 09:45 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:45 – 11:12 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:12 – 12:39 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:39 – 14:06 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:06 – 15:33 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:33 – 17:00 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:00 – 18:27 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:27 – 20:00 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:00 – 21:33 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:33 – 23:06 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:06 – 00:39 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:39 – 02:12 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:12 – 03:45 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:45 – 05:18 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:18 – 06:51 (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 Year5100 · Kali-5100
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862639.27 · 5099.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451104.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8362° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)333.41° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (23.8362°) · declination -9.48° · 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:1998-10-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)