पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · April 1, 1873 CE

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🪷 आज: अङ्गारक चतुर्थी — Aṅgāraka Caturthī (Tuesday Caturthī)
Tuesday-Caturthī (rare); supremely auspicious for Maṅgala-doṣa-nivāraṇa.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.5 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
ऋषिभिर्बहुधा गीतं छन्दोभिर्विविधैः पृथक्।ब्रह्मसूत्रपदैश्चैव हेतुमद्भिर्विनिश्िचतैः।।13.5।।
"13.5 Seers have sung of It in various ways, in many hymns and sacred Vedic songs, weighty in thought and convincing in argument." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1930 Vyaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1795 Śrīmukha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1280
Malayalam Era: 1049
Nanakshahi: 404
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya349.31°MīnaRevatī P1
चन्द्र Candra35.49°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala204.28°TulāViśākhā P2
बुध Budha359.63°MīnaRevatī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati120.87°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शुक्र Śukra30.09°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
शनि Śani280.37°MakaraŚravaṇa P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:53 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:18 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:26 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:55 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 25 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 34 Mins 15 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:13 – 05:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:51 – 05:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:30
Vijaya Muhūrta14:10 – 15:00
Godhūli Muhūrta18:06 – 18:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:18 – 18:49
Amṛta Kāla18:03 – 19:48
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:30

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:12 – 16:45
Yamaganda08:59 – 10:32
Gulika Kāla12:06 – 13:39
Varjyam06:24 – 06:44
Dur Muhūrta 08:47 – 09:12

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:53 – 07:26 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:26 – 08:59 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:59 – 10:32 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:32 – 12:06 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:06 – 13:39 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:39 – 15:12 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:12 – 16:45 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:45 – 18:18 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:18 – 19:45 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:45 – 21:12 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:12 – 22:39 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:39 – 00:06 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:06 – 01:32 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:32 – 02:59 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:59 – 04:26 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:26 – 05:53 (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 Caturthī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

🌌 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 Year4974 · Kali-4974
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1816784.27 · 4974.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2405249.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.0824° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)45.56° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (22.0824°) · declination 4.51° · EoT -4.34 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:1873-04-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)