पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · January 7, 1874 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 2.27 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युर्ध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य च।

तस्मादपरिहार्येऽर्थे न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि।।2.27।।
"2.27 For death is as sure for that which is born, as birth is for that which is dead. Therefore grieve not for what is inevitable." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.27's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1931 Sarvajit
Śaka Saṁvat: 1796 Bhāva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1281
Malayalam Era: 1050
Nanakshahi: 405
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya264.54°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra133.46°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala314.23°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
बुध Budha250.10°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati160.70°KanyāHasta P1
शुक्र Śukra254.87°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani281.94°MakaraŚravaṇa P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:51 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:24 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:01 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:45 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 32 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 27 Mins 54 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:27 – 06:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:59 – 06:51
Abhijit Muhūrta11:46 – 12:29
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:35
Godhūli Muhūrta17:12 – 17:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:24 – 17:50
Amṛta Kāla17:09 – 18:54
Niśīta Muhūrta23:46 – 00:29

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:07 – 13:26
Yamaganda08:10 – 09:29
Gulika Kāla10:48 – 12:07
Varjyam07:18 – 07:35
Dur Muhūrta 09:19 – 09:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (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):
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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:51 – 08:10 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:10 – 09:29 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:29 – 10:48 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:48 – 12:07 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:07 – 13:26 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:26 – 14:46 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:46 – 16:05 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:05 – 17:24 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:24 – 19:05 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:05 – 20:46 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:46 – 22:26 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:26 – 00:07 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:07 – 01:48 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:48 – 03:29 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:29 – 05:10 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:10 – 06:51 (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 Year4975 · Kali-4975
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1817065.27 · 4975.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2405530.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.0931° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)231.25° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (22.0931°) · declination -22.40° · EoT -6.29 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:1874-01-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)