पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · October 1, 1796 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: शारदीय नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Śāradīya Navrātri Start
Autumn Navrātri begins; Devī Mahiṣāsura-mardinī worship for 9 nights.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.23 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
यः शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य वर्तते कामकारतः।न स सिद्धिमवाप्नोति न सुखं न परां गतिम्।।16.23।।
"16.23 But he who neglects the commands of the scriptures, and follows the promptings of passion, he does not attain perfection, happiness or the final goal." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1853 Śukla
Śaka Saṁvat: 1718 Nala
Bengali Saṁvat: 1203
Malayalam Era: 972
Nanakshahi: 327
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya167.55°KanyāHasta P3
चन्द्र Candra166.60°KanyāHasta P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala266.17°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha195.09°TulāSvātī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati315.51°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra124.90°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शनि Śani68.89°MithunaĀrdrā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:53 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:47 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:50 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:43 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 53 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 06 Mins 15 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:18 – 05:06
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:54 – 05:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:49 – 14:37
Godhūli Muhūrta17:35 – 17:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:47 – 18:17
Amṛta Kāla17:32 – 19:17
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:14

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:52 – 10:21
Yamaganda13:19 – 14:48
Gulika Kāla05:53 – 07:22
Varjyam06:23 – 06:42
Dur Muhūrta 08:40 – 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: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
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 Kāla05:53 – 07:22 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:22 – 08:52 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:52 – 10:21 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:21 – 11:50 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:50 – 13:19 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:19 – 14:48 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:48 – 16:18 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:18 – 17:47 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:47 – 19:18 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:18 – 20:48 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:48 – 22:19 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:19 – 23:50 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:50 – 01:21 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:21 – 02:52 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:52 – 04:22 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:22 – 05:53 (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 Year4898 · Kali-4898
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1788844.27 · 4897.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2377309.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)21.0138° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)0.90° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (21.0138°) · declination -3.39° · EoT 11.17 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:1796-10-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)