पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · August 21, 1773 CE

🕉️ 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: वराह जयन्ती — Varāha Jayantī
Varāha lifted Bhū-Devī from the cosmic ocean.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.13 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
गामाविश्य च भूतानि धारयाम्यहमोजसा।पुष्णामि चौषधीः सर्वाः सोमो भूत्वा रसात्मकः।।15.13।।
"15.13 1 enter this world and animate all My creatures with My vitality; and by My cool moonbeams I nourish the plants." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1830 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1695 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1180
Malayalam Era: 949
Nanakshahi: 304
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya127.49°SiṃhaMaghā P3
चन्द्र Candra163.72°KanyāHasta P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala173.28°KanyāHasta P4
बुध Budha153.47°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati350.39°MīnaRevatī P2
शुक्र Śukra151.73°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani145.83°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:35 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:33 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:30 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:28 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 57 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 02 Mins 34 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:52 – 04:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:30 – 05:35
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:30
Vijaya Muhūrta14:14 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta18:21 – 18:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:33 – 19:05
Amṛta Kāla18:18 – 20:03
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:30

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:50 – 10:27
Yamaganda13:41 – 15:18
Gulika Kāla05:35 – 07:12
Varjyam06:08 – 06:28
Dur Muhūrta 08:37 – 09:03

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
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 · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:35 – 07:12 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:12 – 08:50 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:50 – 10:27 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:27 – 12:04 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:04 – 13:41 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:41 – 15:18 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:18 – 16:56 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:56 – 18:33 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:33 – 19:56 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:56 – 21:18 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:18 – 22:41 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:41 – 00:04 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:04 – 01:27 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:27 – 02:50 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:50 – 04:12 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:12 – 05:35 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 26.799°
Longitude: 82.204°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year4875 · Kali-4875
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1780402.27 · 4874.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2368867.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)20.6909° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)35.15° · 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 (20.6909°) · declination 12.10° · EoT -2.80 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:1773-08-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)