पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · March 18, 1744 CE

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🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.21 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अव्यक्तोऽक्षर इत्युक्तस्तमाहुः परमां गतिम्।

यं प्राप्य न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम।।8.21।।
"8.21 The wise say that the Unmanifest and Indestructible is the highest goal of all; when once That is reached, there is no return. That is My Blessed Home." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1801 Īśvara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1666 Raktākṣī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1151
Malayalam Era: 920
Nanakshahi: 275
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya337.52°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra21.68°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala341.51°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
बुध Budha313.41°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati173.78°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra302.11°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani147.24°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:08 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:12 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:10 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:32 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:41 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 03 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 56 Mins 04 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:31 – 05:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:08 – 06:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:46 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta14:11 – 14:59
Godhūli Muhūrta18:00 – 18:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:12 – 18:42
Amṛta Kāla17:57 – 19:42
Niśīta Muhūrta23:46 – 00:34

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:10 – 13:40
Yamaganda07:38 – 09:09
Gulika Kāla10:39 – 12:10
Varjyam06:38 – 06:57
Dur Muhūrta 08:57 – 09:21

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:08 – 07:38 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:38 – 09:09 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:09 – 10:39 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:39 – 12:10 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:10 – 13:40 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:40 – 15:11 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:11 – 16:41 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:41 – 18:12 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:12 – 19:41 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:41 – 21:11 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:11 – 22:40 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:40 – 00:10 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:10 – 01:39 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:39 – 03:09 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:09 – 04:38 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:38 – 06:08 (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 Year4845 · Kali-4845
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1769654.27 · 4845.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2358119.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)20.2798° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)45.17° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (20.2798°) · declination -0.87° · EoT -8.76 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:1744-03-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)