पञ्चाङ्ग — Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh · October 31, 2016 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: गोवर्धन पूजा — Govardhana Pūjā (Annakūṭa)
Krishna lifted Govardhana to protect Vraja from Indra's wrath. Day 4 of Diwali.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.24 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
अहं हि सर्वयज्ञानां भोक्ता च प्रभुरेव च।

न तु मामभिजानन्ति तत्त्वेनातश्च्यवन्ति ते।।9.24।।
"9.24 I am the willing recipient of sacrifice, and I am its true Lord. But these do not know me in truth, and so they sink back." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya193.96°TulāSvātī P3
चन्द्र Candra197.29°TulāSvātī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala269.02°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha195.76°TulāSvātī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati166.36°KanyāHasta P2
शुक्र Śukra231.11°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani230.01°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

☀️ Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:26 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:36 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:01 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:42 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:46 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 10 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 49 Mins 31 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:56 – 05:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:30 – 06:26
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:37
Godhūli Muhūrta17:24 – 17:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:36 – 18:04
Amṛta Kāla17:21 – 19:06
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:23

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:49 – 09:13
Yamaganda10:37 – 12:01
Gulika Kāla13:25 – 14:48
Varjyam06:54 – 07:11
Dur Muhūrta 09:02 – 09:24

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:26 – 07:49 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:49 – 09:13 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:13 – 10:37 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:37 – 12:01 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:01 – 13:25 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:25 – 14:48 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:48 – 16:12 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:12 – 17:36 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:36 – 19:12 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:12 – 20:48 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:48 – 22:25 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:25 – 00:01 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:01 – 01:37 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:37 – 03:13 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:13 – 04:49 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:49 – 06:26 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 26.2183°
Longitude: 78.1828°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5118 · Kali-5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869227.27 · 5117.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457692.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0881° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)4.85° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (24.0881°) · declination -14.19° · EoT 16.45 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:2016-10-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)