पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · November 16, 3147 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 18.37 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम्।तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम्।।18.37।।
"18.37 Which at first seems like poison but afterwards acts like nectar - that pleasure is Pure, for it is born of Wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -3089
Śaka Saṁvat: -3224
Bengali Saṁvat: -3739
Malayalam Era: -3970
Nanakshahi: -4615
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 2
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya268.47°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra126.33°SiṃhaMaghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala196.84°TulāSvātī P4
बुध Budha261.98°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati104.47°KarkaPuṣya P4
शुक्र Śukra311.99°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शनि Śani193.30°TulāSvātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:14 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:19 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:26 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:10 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 05 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 54 Mins 14 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:45 – 05:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:18 – 06:14
Abhijit Muhūrta11:24 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta13:37 – 14:22
Godhūli Muhūrta17:07 – 17:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:19 – 17:47
Amṛta Kāla17:04 – 18:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:24 – 00:09

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:47 – 13:10
Yamaganda07:37 – 09:00
Gulika Kāla10:23 – 11:47
Varjyam06:41 – 06:59
Dur Muhūrta 08:49 – 09:11

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 Labha06:14 – 07:37 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:37 – 09:00 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:00 – 10:23 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:23 – 11:47 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:47 – 13:10 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:10 – 14:33 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:33 – 15:56 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:56 – 17:19 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:19 – 18:56 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:56 – 20:33 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:33 – 22:10 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:10 – 23:47 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:47 – 01:23 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:23 – 03:00 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:00 – 04:37 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:37 – 06:14 (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 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-44 · 44 years before Kali
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)-16164.73 · -44.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day572300.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)-48.0211° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)217.86° · 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 (-48.0211°) · declination -14.95° · EoT 14.67 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:-3146-11-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)