पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · January 17, 1855 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: 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 3.35 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्।

स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेयः परधर्मो भयावहः।।3.35।।
"3.35 It is better to do thine own duty, however lacking in merit, than to do that of another, even though efficiently. It is better to die doing one's own duty, for to do the duty of another is fraught with danger." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.35's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1912 Vibhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1777 Rākṣasa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1262
Malayalam Era: 1031
Nanakshahi: 386
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya274.60°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra255.87°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala295.02°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha274.21°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati286.53°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शुक्र Śukra284.90°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani49.03°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3

☀️ 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)05:43 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:09 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 39 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 20 Mins 41 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:26 – 06:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:58 – 06:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:50 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta13:58 – 14:40
Godhūli Muhūrta17:19 – 17:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:31 – 17:58
Amṛta Kāla17:16 – 19:01
Niśīta Muhūrta23:50 – 00:33

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:11 – 13:31
Yamaganda08:11 – 09:31
Gulika Kāla10:51 – 12:11
Varjyam07:18 – 07:35
Dur Muhūrta 09:21 – 09:42

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:52 – 08:11 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:11 – 09:31 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:31 – 10:51 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:51 – 12:11 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:11 – 13:31 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:31 – 14:51 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:51 – 16:11 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:11 – 17:31 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:31 – 19:11 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:11 – 20:51 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:51 – 22:31 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:31 – 00:11 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:11 – 01:51 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:51 – 03:31 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:31 – 05:11 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:11 – 06:52 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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)1810135.27 · 4956.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2398600.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)21.8281° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)341.94° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (21.8281°) · declination -20.87° · 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:1855-01-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)