पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · January 3, 1826 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: 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 2.16 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
नासतो विद्यते भावो नाभावो विद्यते सतः।

उभयोरपि दृष्टोऽन्तस्त्वनयोस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः।।2.16।।
"2.16 That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1883 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1748 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1233
Malayalam Era: 1002
Nanakshahi: 357
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya260.78°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra190.84°TulāSvātī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala184.12°TulāCitrā P4
बुध Budha258.32°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati145.15°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra247.16°DhanuMūla P3
शनि Śani56.75°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:51 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:49 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:04 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 29 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 30 Mins 10 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:27 – 06:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:58 – 06:51
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:27
Vijaya Muhūrta13:51 – 14:33
Godhūli Muhūrta17:09 – 17:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:21 – 17:47
Amṛta Kāla17:06 – 18:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:27

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:43 – 16:02
Yamaganda09:28 – 10:47
Gulika Kāla12:06 – 13:25
Varjyam07:17 – 07:34
Dur Muhūrta 09:18 – 09:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North
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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:51 – 08:10 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:10 – 09:28 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:28 – 10:47 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:47 – 12:06 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:06 – 13:25 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:25 – 14:43 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:43 – 16:02 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:02 – 17:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:21 – 19:02 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:02 – 20:43 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:43 – 22:25 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:25 – 00:06 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:06 – 01:47 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:47 – 03:28 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:28 – 05:10 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:10 – 06:51 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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 Year4927 · Kali-4927
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1799529.27 · 4926.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2387994.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)21.4224° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)291.18° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 25/30)
🪷 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 (21.4224°) · declination -22.88° · EoT -4.59 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:1826-01-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)