पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · December 22, 1868 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 8.25 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
धूमो रात्रिस्तथा कृष्णः षण्मासा दक्षिणायनम्।

तत्र चान्द्रमसं ज्योतिर्योगी प्राप्य निवर्तते।।8.25।।
"8.25 But if he departs in gloom, at night, during the fortnight of the waning moon and in the six months before the Southern solstice, then he reaches but lunar light and he will be born again." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.25's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1925 Vṛṣa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1790 Vibhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1275
Malayalam Era: 1044
Nanakshahi: 399
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya248.52°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra336.83°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala133.46°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha243.33°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati345.21°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra217.03°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शनि Śani229.71°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:47 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:14 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:00 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:52 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:55 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 27 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 32 Mins 51 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:23 – 06:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:54 – 06:47
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:21
Vijaya Muhūrta13:45 – 14:27
Godhūli Muhūrta17:02 – 17:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:14 – 17:40
Amṛta Kāla16:59 – 18:44
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:21

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:37 – 15:55
Yamaganda09:23 – 10:42
Gulika Kāla12:00 – 13:19
Varjyam07:13 – 07:30
Dur Muhūrta 09:13 – 09:34

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (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 · 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 Roga06:47 – 08:05 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:05 – 09:23 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:23 – 10:42 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:42 – 12:00 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:00 – 13:19 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:19 – 14:37 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:37 – 15:55 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:55 – 17:14 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:14 – 18:55 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:55 – 20:37 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:37 – 22:19 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:19 – 00:00 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:00 – 01:42 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:42 – 03:23 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:23 – 05:05 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:05 – 06:47 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Uttara Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla 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 Year4970 · Kali-4970
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1815223.27 · 4969.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2403688.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.0227° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)90.77° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (22.0227°) · declination -23.44° · EoT 0.91 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:1868-12-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)