पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · March 8, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: होलिका दहन — Holikā Dahana
Burning of Holikā; Prahlāda saved by Hari. Eve of Holi.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.22 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टो द्वन्द्वातीतो विमत्सरः।

समः सिद्धावसिद्धौ च कृत्वापि न निबध्यते।।4.22।।
"4.22 Content with what comes to him without effort of his own, mounting above the pairs of opposites, free from envy, his mind balanced both in success and failure; though he acts, yet the consequences do not bind him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya323.80°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra119.86°KarkaAśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala259.81°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha304.07°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati266.68°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra8.80°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शनि Śani274.65°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:10 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:01 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)13:06 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:05 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:55 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 51 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 08 Mins 25 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:35 – 06:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:11 – 07:10
Abhijit Muhūrta12:42 – 13:29
Vijaya Muhūrta15:04 – 15:52
Godhūli Muhūrta18:49 – 19:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:01 – 19:31
Amṛta Kāla18:46 – 20:31
Niśīta Muhūrta00:42 – 01:29

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:32 – 19:01
Yamaganda13:06 – 14:35
Gulika Kāla16:04 – 17:32
Varjyam07:40 – 07:58
Dur Muhūrta 09:56 – 10:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (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 · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:10 – 08:39 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:39 – 10:08 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:08 – 11:37 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:37 – 13:06 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla13:06 – 14:35 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:35 – 16:04 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga16:04 – 17:32 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:32 – 19:01 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:01 – 20:32 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:32 – 22:04 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg22:04 – 23:35 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:35 – 01:06 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha01:06 – 02:37 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:37 – 04:08 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:08 – 05:39 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:39 – 07:10 (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

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870451.27
Julian Day2458916.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1349°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)156.59°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.1349°), declination -4.77°, EoT -11.53 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2020-03-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)