पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · December 29, 1866 CE

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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 8.2 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अधियज्ञः कथं कोऽत्र देहेऽस्मिन्मधुसूदन।

प्रयाणकाले च कथं ज्ञेयोऽसि नियतात्मभिः।।8.2।।
"8.2 Who is it who rules the spirit sacrifice in many; and at the time of death how may those who have learned self-control come to the knowledge of Thee?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1923 Pramāthi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1788 Akṣaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1273
Malayalam Era: 1042
Nanakshahi: 397
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya255.16°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra167.81°KanyāHasta P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala95.16°KarkaPuṣya P1
बुध Budha234.68°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati286.26°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शुक्र Śukra231.79°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani209.70°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:49 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:18 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:19 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:09 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 28 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 31 Mins 56 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:26 – 06:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:57 – 06:49
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta13:48 – 14:30
Godhūli Muhūrta17:06 – 17:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:18 – 17:44
Amṛta Kāla17:03 – 18:48
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:24

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:27 – 10:45
Yamaganda13:22 – 14:41
Gulika Kāla06:49 – 08:08
Varjyam07:16 – 07:32
Dur Muhūrta 09:16 – 09:37

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (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):
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 Kāla06:49 – 08:08 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:08 – 09:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:27 – 10:45 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:45 – 12:04 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:04 – 13:22 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:22 – 14:41 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:41 – 15:59 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:59 – 17:18 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:18 – 18:59 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:59 – 20:41 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:41 – 22:22 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:22 – 00:04 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:04 – 01:45 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:45 – 03:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:27 – 05:08 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:08 – 06:49 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Hasta alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year4968 · Kali-4968
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1814499.27 · 4967.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2402964.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)21.9950° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)269.93° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30)
🪷 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 (21.9950°) · declination -23.24° · EoT -2.35 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:1866-12-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)