पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · October 4, 1878 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 10.31 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
पवनः पवतामस्मि रामः शस्त्रभृतामहम्।

झषाणां मकरश्चास्मि स्रोतसामस्मि जाह्नवी।।10.31।।
"10.31 I am the Wind among purifiers, the King Rama among warriors; I am the Crocodile among the fishes, and I am the Ganges among rivers." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.31's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1935 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1800 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1285
Malayalam Era: 1054
Nanakshahi: 409
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya168.52°KanyāHasta P3
चन्द्र Candra267.35°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala165.00°KanyāHasta P2
बुध Budha155.34°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati276.77°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra154.48°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani337.50°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:54 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:44 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:09 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:40 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 50 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 09 Mins 37 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:19 – 05:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:55 – 05:54
Abhijit Muhūrta11:25 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:35
Godhūli Muhūrta17:32 – 17:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:44 – 18:14
Amṛta Kāla17:29 – 19:14
Niśīta Muhūrta23:25 – 00:13

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:20 – 11:49
Yamaganda14:47 – 16:15
Gulika Kāla07:23 – 08:51
Varjyam06:23 – 06:42
Dur Muhūrta 08:40 – 09:03

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:54 – 07:23 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:23 – 08:51 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:51 – 10:20 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:20 – 11:49 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:49 – 13:18 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:18 – 14:47 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:47 – 16:15 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:15 – 17:44 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:44 – 19:15 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:15 – 20:47 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:47 – 22:18 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:18 – 23:49 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:49 – 01:20 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:20 – 02:51 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:51 – 04:23 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:23 – 05:54 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Pūrva Āṣāḍhā 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 Year4980 · Kali-4980
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1818796.27 · 4979.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2407261.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.1593° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)95.88° · 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 (22.1593°) · declination -4.22° · EoT 12.10 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:1878-10-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)