पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · December 16, 1626045 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 18.70 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अध्येष्यते च य इमं धर्म्यं संवादमावयोः।ज्ञानयज्ञेन तेनाहमिष्टः स्यामिति मे मतिः।।18.70।।
"18.70 He who will study this spiritual discourse of ours, I assure thee, he shall thereby worship Me at the altar of Wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.70's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -1625987
Śaka Saṁvat: -1626122
Bengali Saṁvat: -1626637
Malayalam Era: -1626868
Nanakshahi: -1627513
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya264.65°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra273.07°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala196.00°TulāSvātī P3
बुध Budha273.63°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati261.09°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra243.50°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani185.12°TulāCitrā P4

☀️ 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)07:08 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:54 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 58 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 01 Mins 05 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:00 – 05:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:33 – 06:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:31
Godhūli Muhūrta17:15 – 17:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:27 – 17:54
Amṛta Kāla17:12 – 18:57
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:19

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:20 – 14:42
Yamaganda06:28 – 07:50
Gulika Kāla09:13 – 10:35
Varjyam06:55 – 07:13
Dur Muhūrta 09:02 – 09:24

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:28 – 07:50 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:50 – 09:13 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:13 – 10:35 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:35 – 11:57 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:57 – 13:20 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:20 – 14:42 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:42 – 16:05 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:05 – 17:27 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:27 – 19:05 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:05 – 20:42 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:42 – 22:20 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:20 – 23:57 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:57 – 01:35 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:35 – 03:13 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:13 – 04:50 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:50 – 06:28 (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 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-1622903 · 1622903 years before Kali
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)-592779628.73 · -1622975.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day-592191163.229167 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)-22719.0033° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)8.42° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (-22719.0033°) · declination -16.52° · 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:-1626044-12-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)