पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · January 16, 1824 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 1.46 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
यदि मामप्रतीकारमशस्त्रं शस्त्रपाणयः।

धार्तराष्ट्रा रणे हन्युस्तन्मे क्षेमतरं भवेत्।।1.46।।
"1.46 If, on the contrary, the sons of Dhritarashtra, with weapons in their hand, should slay me, unarmed and unresisting, surely that would be better for my welfare!"" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.46's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1881 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1746 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1231
Malayalam Era: 1000
Nanakshahi: 355
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya273.53°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra88.78°MithunaPunarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala169.48°KanyāHasta P3
बुध Budha294.45°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati74.19°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शुक्र Śukra230.76°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani27.10°MeṣaKṛttikā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:52 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:30 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:11 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:02 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:42 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 38 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 21 Mins 58 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:27 – 06:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:59 – 06:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:50 – 12:32
Vijaya Muhūrta13:57 – 14:40
Godhūli Muhūrta17:18 – 17:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:30 – 17:56
Amṛta Kāla17:15 – 19:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:50 – 00:32

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:51 – 12:11
Yamaganda14:50 – 16:10
Gulika Kāla08:12 – 09:31
Varjyam07:18 – 07:35
Dur Muhūrta 09:21 – 09:42

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (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):
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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:52 – 08:12 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:12 – 09:31 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:31 – 10:51 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:51 – 12:11 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:11 – 13:31 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:31 – 14:50 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:50 – 16:10 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:10 – 17:30 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:30 – 19:10 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:10 – 20:50 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:50 – 22:31 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:31 – 00:11 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:11 – 01:51 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:51 – 03:31 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:31 – 05:12 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:12 – 06:52 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

🌌 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 Year4925 · Kali-4925
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1798811.27 · 4925.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2387276.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)21.3950° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)175.05° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 15/30)
🪷 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 (21.3950°) · declination -21.14° · EoT -9.69 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:1824-01-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)