पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · September 8, 1874 CE

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🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.8 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अभ्यासयोगयुक्तेन चेतसा नान्यगामिना।

परमं पुरुषं दिव्यं याति पार्थानुचिन्तयन्।।8.8।।
"8.8 He whose mind does not wander, and who is engaged in constant meditation, attains the Supreme Spirit." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1931 Sarvajit
Śaka Saṁvat: 1796 Bhāva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1281
Malayalam Era: 1050
Nanakshahi: 405
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya143.09°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
चन्द्र Candra112.21°KarkaAśleṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala124.45°SiṃhaMaghā P2
बुध Budha144.99°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati165.47°KanyāHasta P2
शुक्र Śukra190.16°TulāSvātī P2
शनि Śani287.65°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:43 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:14 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:58 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:17 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:32 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 31 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 28 Mins 49 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:03 – 04:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:40 – 05:43
Abhijit Muhūrta11:33 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta14:03 – 14:54
Godhūli Muhūrta18:02 – 18:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:14 – 18:45
Amṛta Kāla17:59 – 19:44
Niśīta Muhūrta23:33 – 00:23

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:06 – 16:40
Yamaganda08:50 – 10:24
Gulika Kāla11:58 – 13:32
Varjyam06:14 – 06:34
Dur Muhūrta 08:38 – 09:03

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:43 – 07:17 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:17 – 08:50 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:50 – 10:24 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:24 – 11:58 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:58 – 13:32 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:32 – 15:06 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:06 – 16:40 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:40 – 18:14 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:14 – 19:40 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:40 – 21:06 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:06 – 22:32 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:32 – 23:58 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:58 – 01:24 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:24 – 02:50 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:50 – 04:17 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:17 – 05:43 (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 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 Year4976 · Kali-4976
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1817309.27 · 4975.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2405774.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.1025° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)328.59° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (22.1025°) · declination 5.83° · EoT 2.92 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:1874-09-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)