पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · December 16, 1626027 BCE

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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: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.24 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
सङ्कल्पप्रभवान्कामांस्त्यक्त्वा सर्वानशेषतः।

मनसैवेन्द्रियग्रामं विनियम्य समन्ततः।।6.24।।
"6.24 Renouncing every desire which imagination can conceive, controlling the senses at every point by the power of mind;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -1625969
Śaka Saṁvat: -1626104
Bengali Saṁvat: -1626619
Malayalam Era: -1626850
Nanakshahi: -1627495
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya263.98°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra123.06°SiṃhaMaghā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala311.79°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
बुध Budha247.48°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati88.41°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शुक्र Śukra281.94°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शनि Śani29.39°MeṣaKṛttikā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:28 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:27 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:41 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:27 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 59 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 00 Mins 32 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:00 – 05:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:33 – 06:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:31
Godhūli Muhūrta17:15 – 17:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:27 – 17:55
Amṛta Kāla17:12 – 18:57
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:19

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:35 – 11:57
Yamaganda14:42 – 16:05
Gulika Kāla07:50 – 09:13
Varjyam06:55 – 07:13
Dur Muhūrta 09:02 – 09:24

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: undefined (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:28 – 07:50 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:50 – 09:13 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:13 – 10:35 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:35 – 11:57 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:57 – 13:20 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:20 – 14:42 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:42 – 16:05 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:05 – 17:27 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:27 – 19:05 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:05 – 20:42 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:42 – 22:20 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:20 – 23:57 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:57 – 01:35 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:35 – 03:13 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:13 – 04:50 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:50 – 06:28 (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 Year-1622885 · 1622885 years before Kali
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)-592773054.73 · -1622957.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day-592184589.229167 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)-22718.7519° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)219.08° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (-22718.7519°) · declination -16.40° · EoT 3.72 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:-1626026-12-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)