पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · September 16, 3124 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: भ्रातृ द्वितीया — Bhāi Dūja / Bhrātṛ Dvitīyā
Yamunā's reception of brother Yama; sisters welcome brothers. Day 5 of Diwali.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.17 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
आत्मसम्भाविताः स्तब्धा धनमानमदान्विताः।यजन्ते नामयज्ञैस्ते दम्भेनाविधिपूर्वकम्।।16.17।।
"16.17 Self-conceited, stubborn, rich, proud and insolent, they make a display of their patronage, disregarding the rules of decency." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -3066
Śaka Saṁvat: -3201
Bengali Saṁvat: -3716
Malayalam Era: -3947
Nanakshahi: -4592
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya206.09°TulāViśākhā P2
चन्द्र Candra225.03°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala207.77°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha214.24°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati84.43°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra159.94°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani110.72°KarkaĀśleṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:34 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:16 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:06 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 41 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 18 Mins 06 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:53 – 04:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:31 – 05:34
Abhijit Muhūrta11:30 – 12:21
Vijaya Muhūrta14:02 – 14:53
Godhūli Muhūrta18:04 – 18:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:16 – 18:48
Amṛta Kāla18:01 – 19:46
Niśīta Muhūrta23:30 – 00:21

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:45 – 10:20
Yamaganda13:31 – 15:06
Gulika Kāla05:34 – 07:10
Varjyam06:06 – 06:26
Dur Muhūrta 08:32 – 08:58

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:34 – 07:10 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:10 – 08:45 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:45 – 10:20 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:20 – 11:55 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:55 – 13:31 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:31 – 15:06 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:06 – 16:41 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:41 – 18:16 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:16 – 19:41 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:41 – 21:06 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:06 – 22:31 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:31 – 23:55 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:55 – 01:20 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:20 – 02:45 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:45 – 04:10 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:10 – 05:34 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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-21 · 21 years before Kali
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)-7824.73 · -21.4 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day580640.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)-47.7021° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)18.94° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (-47.7021°) · declination 8.43° · EoT 5.87 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:-3123-09-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)