पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · May 23, 3166 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.2 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
अधश्चोर्ध्वं प्रसृतास्तस्य शाखा गुणप्रवृद्धा विषयप्रवालाः।अधश्च मूलान्यनुसन्ततानि कर्मानुबन्धीनि मनुष्यलोके।।15.2।।
"15.2 Its branches shoot upwards and downwards, deriving their nourishment from the Qualities; its buds are the objects of sense; and its roots, which follow the Law causing man's regeneration and degeneration, pierce downwards into the soil." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -3108
Śaka Saṁvat: -3243
Bengali Saṁvat: -3758
Malayalam Era: -3989
Nanakshahi: -4634
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya92.82°KarkaPunarvasu P4
चन्द्र Candra317.69°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala67.94°MithunaĀrdrā P1
बुध Budha104.50°KarkaPuṣya P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati210.60°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शुक्र Śukra112.06°KarkaĀśleṣā P2
शनि Śani295.56°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:20 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:35 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:58 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:45 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:10 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 15 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 44 Mins 39 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:34 – 04:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:14 – 05:20
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta14:10 – 15:03
Godhūli Muhūrta18:23 – 18:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:35 – 19:09
Amṛta Kāla18:20 – 20:05
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:24

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:18 – 11:58
Yamaganda15:17 – 16:56
Gulika Kāla07:00 – 08:39
Varjyam05:53 – 06:14
Dur Muhūrta 08:26 – 08:52

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:20 – 07:00 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:00 – 08:39 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:39 – 10:18 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:18 – 11:58 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:58 – 13:37 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:37 – 15:17 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:17 – 16:56 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:56 – 18:35 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:35 – 19:56 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:56 – 21:17 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:17 – 22:37 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:37 – 23:58 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:58 – 01:18 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:18 – 02:39 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:39 – 04:00 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:00 – 05:20 (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-63 · 63 years before Kali
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)-23281.73 · -63.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day565183.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)-48.2933° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)224.87° · 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 (-48.2933°) · declination 16.19° · EoT 3.40 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:-3165-05-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)