पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · August 6, 479 BCE

🕉️ 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 supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: वामन जयन्ती — Vāmana Jayantī
Vāmana's three-step measure of all worlds; Bali's surrender. (= Onam in Kerala.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.32 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसाऽऽवृता।सर्वार्थान्विपरीतांश्च बुद्धिः सा पार्थ तामसी।।18.32।।
"18.32 And that which, shrouded in Ignorance, thinks wrong right, and sees everything perversely, O Arjuna, that intellect is ruled by Darkness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.32's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -421
Śaka Saṁvat: -556
Bengali Saṁvat: -1071
Malayalam Era: -1302
Nanakshahi: -1947
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya142.29°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
चन्द्र Candra283.37°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala233.71°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha165.04°KanyāHasta P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati70.17°MithunaĀrdrā P2
शुक्र Śukra155.60°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani357.25°MīnaRevatī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:27 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:47 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:19 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:43 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 20 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 39 Mins 34 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:40 – 04:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:20 – 05:27
Abhijit Muhūrta11:40 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:14
Godhūli Muhūrta18:35 – 18:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:47 – 19:20
Amṛta Kāla18:32 – 20:17
Niśīta Muhūrta23:40 – 00:33

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:27 – 17:07
Yamaganda08:47 – 10:27
Gulika Kāla12:07 – 13:47
Varjyam06:00 – 06:21
Dur Muhūrta 08:33 – 09:00

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:27 – 07:07 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:07 – 08:47 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:47 – 10:27 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:27 – 12:07 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:07 – 13:47 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:47 – 15:27 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:27 – 17:07 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:07 – 18:47 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:47 – 20:07 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:07 – 21:27 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:27 – 22:47 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:47 – 00:07 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:07 – 01:27 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:27 – 02:47 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:47 – 04:07 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:07 – 05:27 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 26.799°
Longitude: 82.204°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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 Year2624 · Kali-2624
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)958220.27 · 2623.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day1546685.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)-10.7545° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)141.08° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (-10.7545°) · declination 17.32° · EoT -5.59 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:-0478-08-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)