पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · September 19, 1874 CE

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🪷 आज: महाष्टमी — Mahā-Aṣṭamī (Durgā-Aṣṭamī)
8th day of Śāradīya Navrātri; Mahiṣāsura-mardinī kṣaṇa.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.19 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
भूतग्रामः स एवायं भूत्वा भूत्वा प्रलीयते।

रात्र्यागमेऽवशः पार्थ प्रभवत्यहरागमे।।8.19।।
"8.19 The same multitude of beings, which have lived on earth so often, all are dissolved as the night of the universe approaches, to issue forth anew when morning breaks. Thus is it ordained." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1931 Sarvajit
Śaka Saṁvat: 1796 Bhāva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1281
Malayalam Era: 1050
Nanakshahi: 405
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya153.81°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
चन्द्र Candra244.63°DhanuMūla P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala131.40°SiṃhaMaghā P4
बुध Budha164.64°KanyāHasta P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati167.80°KanyāHasta P3
शुक्र Śukra201.84°TulāViśākhā P1
शनि Śani287.15°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:47 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:01 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:45 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:10 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 14 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 45 Mins 58 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:09 – 04:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:46 – 05:47
Abhijit Muhūrta11:30 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta13:57 – 14:45
Godhūli Muhūrta17:49 – 18:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:01 – 18:32
Amṛta Kāla17:46 – 19:31
Niśīta Muhūrta23:30 – 00:19

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:51 – 10:22
Yamaganda13:26 – 14:58
Gulika Kāla05:47 – 07:19
Varjyam06:18 – 06:37
Dur Muhūrta 08:38 – 09:03

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:47 – 07:19 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:19 – 08:51 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:51 – 10:22 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:22 – 11:54 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:54 – 13:26 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:26 – 14:58 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:58 – 16:29 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:29 – 18:01 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:01 – 19:29 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:29 – 20:58 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:58 – 22:26 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:26 – 23:54 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:54 – 01:22 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:22 – 02:51 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:51 – 04:19 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:19 – 05:47 (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 Śukla Aṣṭamī + Mūla 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 Year4976 · Kali-4976
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1817320.27 · 4975.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2405785.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.1029° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)94.64° · 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 (22.1029°) · declination 1.62° · EoT 6.98 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:1874-09-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)