पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · January 4, 1626026 BCE

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🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.43 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
तत्र तं बुद्धिसंयोगं लभते पौर्वदेहिकम्।

यतते च ततो भूयः संसिद्धौ कुरुनन्दन।।6.43।।
"6.43 Then the experience acquired in his former life will revive, and with its help he will strive for perfection more eagerly than before." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.43's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -1625968
Śaka Saṁvat: -1626103
Bengali Saṁvat: -1626618
Malayalam Era: -1626849
Nanakshahi: -1627494
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya283.47°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra18.32°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala324.46°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha282.79°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati85.84°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra305.81°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani29.11°MeṣaKṛttikā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:47 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:25 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:39 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:12 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 38 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 21 Mins 40 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:22 – 06:04
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:54 – 06:47
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:27
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:35
Godhūli Muhūrta17:13 – 17:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:25 – 17:52
Amṛta Kāla17:10 – 18:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:27

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:06 – 13:26
Yamaganda08:07 – 09:27
Gulika Kāla10:46 – 12:06
Varjyam07:14 – 07:31
Dur Muhūrta 09:16 – 09:37

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: undefined (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:47 – 08:07 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:07 – 09:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:27 – 10:46 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:46 – 12:06 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:06 – 13:26 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:26 – 14:46 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:46 – 16:06 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:06 – 17:25 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:25 – 19:06 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:06 – 20:46 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:46 – 22:26 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:26 – 00:06 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:06 – 01:46 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:46 – 03:27 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:27 – 05:07 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:07 – 06:47 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Bharaṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla 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 Year-1622885 · 1622885 years before Kali
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)-592773035.73 · -1622957.4 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day-592184570.229167 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)-22718.7512° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)94.85° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (-22718.7512°) · declination -21.08° · EoT -5.02 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:-1626025-01-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)