पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · September 26, 1840 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 14.12 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
लोभः प्रवृत्तिरारम्भः कर्मणामशमः स्पृहा।रजस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे भरतर्षभ।।14.12।।
"14.12 O best of Indians! Avarice, the impulse to act and the beginning of action itself are all due to the dominance of Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1897 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1762 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1247
Malayalam Era: 1016
Nanakshahi: 371
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya161.37°KanyāHasta P1
चन्द्र Candra164.67°KanyāHasta P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala121.56°SiṃhaMaghā P1
बुध Budha162.85°KanyāHasta P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati208.06°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra180.62°TulāCitrā P3
शनि Śani236.57°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:50 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:53 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:07 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:02 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 02 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 57 Mins 21 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:14 – 05:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:50 – 05:50
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta13:52 – 14:40
Godhūli Muhūrta17:41 – 18:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:53 – 18:23
Amṛta Kāla17:38 – 19:23
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:16

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:51 – 10:21
Yamaganda13:22 – 14:52
Gulika Kāla05:50 – 07:21
Varjyam06:20 – 06:40
Dur Muhūrta 08:39 – 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 Kāla05:50 – 07:21 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:21 – 08:51 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:51 – 10:21 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:21 – 11:52 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:52 – 13:22 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:22 – 14:52 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:52 – 16:23 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:23 – 17:53 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:53 – 19:23 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:23 – 20:52 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:52 – 22:22 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:22 – 23:52 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:52 – 01:21 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:21 – 02:51 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:51 – 04:21 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:21 – 05:50 (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 Year4942 · Kali-4942
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1804909.27 · 4941.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2393374.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)21.6282° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)5.31° · 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 (21.6282°) · declination -1.19° · EoT 9.50 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:1840-09-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)