पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · January 17, 1820 CE

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🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.66 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga🪷 Carama-Śloka · The Supreme Verse
सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज।अहं त्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुचः।।18.66।।
"18.66 Give up then thy earthly duties, surrender thyself to Me only. Do not be anxious; I will absolve thee from all thy sin." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.66's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1877 Vijaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1742 Vikrama
Bengali Saṁvat: 1227
Malayalam Era: 996
Nanakshahi: 351
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya274.57°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra293.42°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala96.99°KarkaPuṣya P2
बुध Budha253.50°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati302.69°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra301.08°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani336.41°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:52 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:31 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:11 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:58 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:55 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 38 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 21 Mins 08 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:27 – 06:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:59 – 06:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:50 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta13:58 – 14:40
Godhūli Muhūrta17:19 – 17:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:31 – 17:57
Amṛta Kāla17:16 – 19:01
Niśīta Muhūrta23:50 – 00:33

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:12 – 09:31
Yamaganda10:51 – 12:11
Gulika Kāla13:31 – 14:51
Varjyam07:18 – 07:35
Dur Muhūrta 09:21 – 09:42

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:52 – 08:12 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:12 – 09:31 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:31 – 10:51 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:51 – 12:11 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:11 – 13:31 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:31 – 14:51 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:51 – 16:11 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:11 – 17:31 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:31 – 19:11 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:11 – 20:51 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:51 – 22:31 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:31 – 00:11 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:11 – 01:51 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:51 – 03:31 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:31 – 05:12 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:12 – 06:52 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year4921 · Kali-4921
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1797351.27 · 4921.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2385816.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)21.3391° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)16.77° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (21.3391°) · declination -20.96° · EoT -10.03 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:1820-01-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)