पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · March 20, 1760 CE

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🪷 आज: मत्स्य जयन्ती — Matsya Jayantī
Matsya saved Vaivasvata Manu and the Vedas during the cosmic deluge.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.18 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
यस्मात्क्षरमतीतोऽहमक्षरादपि चोत्तमः।अतोऽस्मि लोके वेदे च प्रथितः पुरुषोत्तमः।।15.18।।
"15.18 Beyond comparison of the Eternal with the non-eternal am I, Who am called by scriptures and sages the Supreme Personality, the Highest God." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1817 Vijaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1682 Vikrama
Bengali Saṁvat: 1167
Malayalam Era: 936
Nanakshahi: 291
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya339.40°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra16.85°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala146.39°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha349.73°MīnaRevatī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati299.53°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra305.14°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani332.18°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:06 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:13 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:09 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:08 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:11 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 07 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 52 Mins 41 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:29 – 05:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:05 – 06:06
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta14:11 – 14:59
Godhūli Muhūrta18:01 – 18:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:13 – 18:43
Amṛta Kāla17:58 – 19:43
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:34

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:40 – 15:11
Yamaganda06:06 – 07:37
Gulika Kāla09:08 – 10:38
Varjyam06:36 – 06:55
Dur Muhūrta 08:55 – 09:20

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
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 Śubha06:06 – 07:37 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:37 – 09:08 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:08 – 10:38 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:38 – 12:09 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:09 – 13:40 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:40 – 15:11 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:11 – 16:42 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:42 – 18:13 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:13 – 19:42 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:42 – 21:11 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:11 – 22:40 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:40 – 00:09 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:09 – 01:38 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:38 – 03:08 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:08 – 04:37 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:37 – 06:06 (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 Year4861 · Kali-4861
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1775500.27 · 4861.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2363965.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)20.5034° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)34.87° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 3/30)
🪷 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 (20.5034°) · declination -0.04° · EoT -8.15 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:1760-03-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)