पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · March 16, 1877 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: चैत्र नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Caitra Navrātri Start (Gudhi Padwā)
Spring Navrātri begins; Vasanta-pakṣa Devī worship. Maharashtra: Gudhi Padwā. South: Ugadi. Sindhi: Cheti Chand.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.13 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
अप्रकाशोऽप्रवृत्तिश्च प्रमादो मोह एव च।तमस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे कुरुनन्दन।।14.13।।
"14.13 Darkness, stagnation, folly and infatuation are the result of the dominance of Ignorance, O joy of the Kuru-clan!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1934 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1799 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1284
Malayalam Era: 1053
Nanakshahi: 408
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya333.44°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra343.86°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala258.93°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha316.62°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati251.20°DhanuMūla P4
शुक्र Śukra321.80°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani321.38°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:10 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:11 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:45 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:00 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 00 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 59 Mins 38 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:34 – 05:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:10 – 06:10
Abhijit Muhūrta11:47 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta14:11 – 14:59
Godhūli Muhūrta17:59 – 18:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:11 – 18:41
Amṛta Kāla17:56 – 19:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:47 – 00:35

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:40 – 12:11
Yamaganda15:11 – 16:41
Gulika Kāla07:40 – 09:10
Varjyam06:40 – 07:00
Dur Muhūrta 08:58 – 09:22

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 Chala06:10 – 07:40 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:40 – 09:10 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:10 – 10:40 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:40 – 12:11 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:11 – 13:41 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:41 – 15:11 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:11 – 16:41 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:41 – 18:11 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:11 – 19:41 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:41 – 21:11 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:11 – 22:41 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:41 – 00:11 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:11 – 01:40 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:40 – 03:10 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:10 – 04:40 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:40 – 06:10 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 26.799°
Longitude: 82.204°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year4978 · Kali-4978
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1818229.27 · 4978.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2406694.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.1376° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)10.97° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (22.1376°) · declination -1.76° · EoT -9.36 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:1877-03-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)