पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · January 8, 1784 CE

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🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.31 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
ये मे मतमिदं नित्यमनुतिष्ठन्ति मानवाः।

श्रद्धावन्तोऽनसूयन्तो मुच्यन्ते तेऽपि कर्मभिः।।3.31।।
"3.31 Those who always act in accordance with My precepts, firm in faith and without cavilling, they too are freed from the bondage of action." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.31's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1841 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1706 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1191
Malayalam Era: 960
Nanakshahi: 315
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya266.66°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra91.65°KarkaPunarvasu P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala6.69°MeṣaAśvinī P3
बुध Budha279.09°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati290.56°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शुक्र Śukra222.87°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani267.18°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:52 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:24 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:39 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:17 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 32 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 27 Mins 23 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:27 – 06:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:59 – 06:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:47 – 12:29
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:35
Godhūli Muhūrta17:12 – 17:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:24 – 17:51
Amṛta Kāla17:09 – 18:54
Niśīta Muhūrta23:47 – 00:29

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:27 – 14:46
Yamaganda06:52 – 08:11
Gulika Kāla09:30 – 10:49
Varjyam07:18 – 07:35
Dur Muhūrta 09:19 – 09:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:52 – 08:11 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:11 – 09:30 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:30 – 10:49 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:49 – 12:08 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:08 – 13:27 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:27 – 14:46 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:46 – 16:05 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:05 – 17:24 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:24 – 19:05 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:05 – 20:46 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:46 – 22:27 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:27 – 00:08 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:08 – 01:49 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:49 – 03:30 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:30 – 05:11 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:11 – 06:52 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Pratipada + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

🌌 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 Year4885 · Kali-4885
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1784194.27 · 4885.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2372659.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)20.8359° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)186.09° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (20.8359°) · declination -22.29° · EoT -6.70 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:1784-01-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)