पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · April 5, 1879 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.15 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
आढ्योऽभिजनवानस्मि कोऽन्योऽस्ति सदृशो मया।यक्ष्ये दास्यामि मोदिष्य इत्यज्ञानविमोहिताः।।16.15।।
"16.15 I am rich, I am well-bred; who is there to compare with me? I will sacrifice, I will give, I will pay - and I will enjoy. Thus blinded by Ignorance," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1936 Nandana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1801 Pramāthi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1286
Malayalam Era: 1055
Nanakshahi: 410
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya352.72°MīnaRevatī P2
चन्द्र Candra146.12°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala292.22°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
बुध Budha11.00°MeṣaAśvinī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati311.45°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra22.94°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
शनि Śani345.67°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:49 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:20 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:06 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:30 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 31 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 28 Mins 41 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:08 – 04:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:46 – 05:49
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:29
Vijaya Muhūrta14:09 – 15:00
Godhūli Muhūrta18:08 – 18:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:20 – 18:51
Amṛta Kāla18:05 – 19:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:29

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:56 – 10:30
Yamaganda13:38 – 15:12
Gulika Kāla05:49 – 07:23
Varjyam06:20 – 06:40
Dur Muhūrta 08:44 – 09:09

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:49 – 07:23 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:23 – 08:56 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:56 – 10:30 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:30 – 12:04 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:04 – 13:38 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:38 – 15:12 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:12 – 16:46 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:46 – 18:20 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:20 – 19:46 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:46 – 21:12 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:12 – 22:38 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:38 – 00:04 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:04 – 01:30 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:30 – 02:56 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:56 – 04:23 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:23 – 05:49 (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 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)1818979.27 · 4980.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2407444.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.1663° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)154.23° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (22.1663°) · declination 5.86° · EoT -3.10 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:1879-04-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)