पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · August 21, 483 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
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🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.16 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
मनःप्रसादः सौम्यत्वं मौनमात्मविनिग्रहः।भावसंशुद्धिरित्येतत्तपो मानसमुच्यते।।17.16।।
"17.16 Serenity, kindness, silence, self-control and purity - this is austerity of mind." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -425
Śaka Saṁvat: -560
Bengali Saṁvat: -1075
Malayalam Era: -1306
Nanakshahi: -1951
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya156.93°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
चन्द्र Candra318.66°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala208.76°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha140.47°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati301.20°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra116.10°KarkaĀśleṣā P3
शनि Śani301.71°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:34 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:34 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:27 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:15 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 00 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 59 Mins 31 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:50 – 04:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:29 – 05:34
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:30
Vijaya Muhūrta14:14 – 15:06
Godhūli Muhūrta18:22 – 18:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:34 – 19:07
Amṛta Kāla18:19 – 20:04
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:30

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:26 – 12:04
Yamaganda15:19 – 16:57
Gulika Kāla07:11 – 08:49
Varjyam06:06 – 06:27
Dur Muhūrta 08:36 – 09:02

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
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 · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:34 – 07:11 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:11 – 08:49 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:49 – 10:26 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:26 – 12:04 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:04 – 13:42 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:42 – 15:19 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:19 – 16:57 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:57 – 18:34 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:34 – 19:57 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:57 – 21:19 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:19 – 22:42 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:42 – 00:04 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:04 – 01:26 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:26 – 02:49 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:49 – 04:11 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:11 – 05:34 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 26.799°
Longitude: 82.204°
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 Year2620 · Kali-2620
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)956774.27 · 2619.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day1545239.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)-10.8098° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)161.74° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 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 (-10.8098°) · declination 12.81° · EoT -2.80 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:-0482-08-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)