पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · April 8, 505 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 any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.33 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
सदृशं चेष्टते स्वस्याः प्रकृतेर्ज्ञानवानपि।

प्रकृतिं यान्ति भूतानि निग्रहः किं करिष्यति।।3.33।।
"3.33 Even the wise man acts in character with his nature; indeed, all creatures act according to their natures. What is the use of compulsion then?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.33's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -447
Śaka Saṁvat: -582
Bengali Saṁvat: -1097
Malayalam Era: -1328
Nanakshahi: -1973
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya28.66°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
चन्द्र Candra301.53°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala315.72°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
बुध Budha42.20°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati351.71°MīnaRevatī P2
शुक्र Śukra340.54°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani35.28°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:46 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:59 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:31 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 35 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 24 Mins 30 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:05 – 04:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:43 – 05:46
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:29
Vijaya Muhūrta14:09 – 15:00
Godhūli Muhūrta18:09 – 18:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:21 – 18:53
Amṛta Kāla18:06 – 19:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:29

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:38 – 15:12
Yamaganda05:46 – 07:20
Gulika Kāla08:54 – 10:29
Varjyam06:17 – 06:37
Dur Muhūrta 08:42 – 09:07

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:46 – 07:20 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:20 – 08:54 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:54 – 10:29 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:29 – 12:03 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:03 – 13:38 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:38 – 15:12 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:12 – 16:47 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:47 – 18:21 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:21 – 19:47 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:47 – 21:12 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:12 – 22:38 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:38 – 00:03 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:03 – 01:29 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:29 – 02:54 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:54 – 04:20 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:20 – 05:46 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Dhaniṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year2598 · Kali-2598
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)948604.27 · 2597.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day1537069.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)-11.1223° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)272.87° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30)
🪷 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 (-11.1223°) · declination 6.88° · EoT -2.19 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:-0504-04-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)