पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · March 23, 1776 CE

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

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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.60 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
यततो ह्यपि कौन्तेय पुरुषस्य विपश्चितः।

इन्द्रियाणि प्रमाथीनि हरन्ति प्रसभं मनः।।2.60।।
"2.60 O Arjuna! The mind of him, who is trying to conquer it, is forcibly carried away in spite of his efforts, by his tumultuous senses." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.60's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1833 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1698 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1183
Malayalam Era: 952
Nanakshahi: 307
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)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya342.27°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra24.63°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala348.23°MīnaRevatī P1
बुध Budha320.82°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati56.47°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
शुक्र Śukra309.41°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani181.15°TulāCitrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:02 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:15 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:21 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:35 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 12 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 47 Mins 43 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:25 – 05:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:01 – 06:02
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta14:10 – 14:59
Godhūli Muhūrta18:03 – 18:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:15 – 18:45
Amṛta Kāla18:00 – 19:45
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:33

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:05 – 10:37
Yamaganda13:40 – 15:11
Gulika Kāla06:02 – 07:34
Varjyam06:33 – 06:52
Dur Muhūrta 08:53 – 09:18

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
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 Kāla06:02 – 07:34 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:34 – 09:05 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:05 – 10:37 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:37 – 12:08 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:08 – 13:40 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:40 – 15:11 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:11 – 16:43 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:43 – 18:15 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:15 – 19:43 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:43 – 21:11 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:11 – 22:40 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:40 – 00:08 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:08 – 01:37 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:37 – 03:05 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:05 – 04:34 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:34 – 06:02 (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 Year4877 · Kali-4877
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1781347.27 · 4877.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2369812.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)20.7270° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)41.01° · 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 (20.7270°) · declination 1.19° · EoT -7.21 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:1776-03-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)