पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · October 7, 3131 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
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🪷 आज: स्कन्द षष्ठी — Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī
Kārttikeya's victory over Tāraka. Important Shaiva day in Tamil tradition.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.36 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः।

अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः।।3.36।।
"3.36 Arjuna asked: My Lord! Tell me, what is it that drives a man to sin, even against his will and as if by compulsion?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -3073
Śaka Saṁvat: -3208
Bengali Saṁvat: -3723
Malayalam Era: -3954
Nanakshahi: -4599
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya227.26°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra288.67°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala295.08°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha212.41°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati216.74°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शुक्र Śukra264.98°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani2.02°MeṣaAśvinī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:44 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:52 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:48 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:34 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:14 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 08 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 51 Mins 40 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:07 – 04:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:43 – 05:44
Abhijit Muhūrta11:24 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:50 – 14:38
Godhūli Muhūrta17:40 – 18:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:52 – 18:23
Amṛta Kāla17:37 – 19:22
Niśīta Muhūrta23:24 – 00:13

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:19 – 14:50
Yamaganda05:44 – 07:15
Gulika Kāla08:46 – 10:17
Varjyam06:14 – 06:34
Dur Muhūrta 08:34 – 08:58

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:44 – 07:15 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:15 – 08:46 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:46 – 10:17 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:17 – 11:48 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:48 – 13:19 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:19 – 14:50 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:50 – 16:21 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:21 – 17:52 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:52 – 19:21 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:21 – 20:50 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:50 – 22:19 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:19 – 23:48 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:48 – 01:17 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:17 – 02:46 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:46 – 04:15 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:15 – 05:44 (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-28 · 28 years before Kali
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)-10360.73 · -28.4 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day578104.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)-47.7991° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)61.41° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 6/30)
🪷 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 (-47.7991°) · declination 0.21° · EoT 12.96 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:-3130-10-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)