पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · August 12, 1854 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.74 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सञ्जय उवाचइत्यहं वासुदेवस्य पार्थस्य च महात्मनः।संवादमिममश्रौषमद्भुतं रोमहर्षणम्।।18.74।।
"18.74 Sanjaya told: "Thus have I heard this rare, wonderful and soul-stirring discourse of the Lord Shri Krishna and the great-souled Arjuna." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.74's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1911 Prabhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1776 Ānanda
Bengali Saṁvat: 1261
Malayalam Era: 1030
Nanakshahi: 385
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya117.14°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra344.48°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala180.14°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha103.05°KarkaPuṣya P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati269.28°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra88.37°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शनि Śani53.48°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:31 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:41 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:08 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:23 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 10 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 49 Mins 21 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:45 – 04:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:25 – 05:31
Abhijit Muhūrta11:40 – 12:32
Vijaya Muhūrta14:18 – 15:10
Godhūli Muhūrta18:29 – 18:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:41 – 19:14
Amṛta Kāla18:26 – 20:11
Niśīta Muhūrta23:40 – 00:32

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:48 – 10:27
Yamaganda13:45 – 15:24
Gulika Kāla05:31 – 07:09
Varjyam06:04 – 06:25
Dur Muhūrta 08:35 – 09:01

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:31 – 07:09 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:09 – 08:48 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:48 – 10:27 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:27 – 12:06 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:06 – 13:45 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:45 – 15:24 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:24 – 17:02 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:02 – 18:41 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:41 – 20:02 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:02 – 21:24 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:24 – 22:45 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:45 – 00:06 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:06 – 01:27 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:27 – 02:48 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:48 – 04:09 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:09 – 05:31 (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 Year4956 · Kali-4956
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1809977.27 · 4955.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2398442.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)21.8220° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)226.28° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (21.8220°) · declination 15.14° · EoT -4.74 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:1854-08-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)