पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · March 20, 2172 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: पापमोचनी एकादशी — Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī
Removes mahā-pātakas (great sins).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.24 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अग्निर्ज्योतिरहः शुक्लः षण्मासा उत्तरायणम्।

तत्र प्रयाता गच्छन्ति ब्रह्म ब्रह्मविदो जनाः।।8.24।।
"8.24 If knowing the Supreme Spirit the sage goes forth with fire and light, in the daytime, in the fortnight of the waxing moon and in the six months before the Northern summer solstice, he will attain the Supreme." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2229 Pārthiva
Śaka Saṁvat: 2094 Aṅgirasa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1579
Malayalam Era: 1348
Nanakshahi: 703
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya333.79°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra278.49°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala183.75°TulāCitrā P4
बुध Budha305.22°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati200.27°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra9.36°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शनि Śani324.46°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:59 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:06 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)13:02 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:51 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:51 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 07 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 52 Mins 44 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:22 – 06:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:58 – 06:59
Abhijit Muhūrta12:38 – 13:27
Vijaya Muhūrta15:03 – 15:52
Godhūli Muhūrta18:54 – 19:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:06 – 19:36
Amṛta Kāla18:51 – 20:36
Niśīta Muhūrta00:38 – 01:27

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:31 – 13:02
Yamaganda16:04 – 17:35
Gulika Kāla08:30 – 10:00
Varjyam07:29 – 07:48
Dur Muhūrta 09:48 – 10:13

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (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):
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 · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:59 – 08:30 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:30 – 10:00 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:00 – 11:31 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:31 – 13:02 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha13:02 – 14:33 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:33 – 16:04 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg16:04 – 17:35 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:35 – 19:06 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:06 – 20:35 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:35 – 22:04 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala22:04 – 23:33 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:33 – 01:02 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta01:02 – 02:31 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:31 – 04:00 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:00 – 05:30 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:30 – 06:59 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 22.2393°
Longitude: 68.9686°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5273 · Kali-5273
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1925980.27 · 5273.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2514445.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)26.2587° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)304.61° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (26.2587°) · declination 0.02° · EoT -8.15 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:2172-03-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)