पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · January 2, 1880 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: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.38 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
धूमेनाव्रियते वह्निर्यथाऽऽदर्शो मलेन च।

यथोल्बेनावृतो गर्भस्तथा तेनेदमावृतम्।।3.38।।
"3.38 As fire is shrouded in smoke, a mirror by dust and a child by the womb, so is the universe enveloped in desire." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1937 Vijaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1802 Vikrama
Bengali Saṁvat: 1287
Malayalam Era: 1056
Nanakshahi: 411
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya258.89°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra128.86°SiṃhaMaghā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala24.28°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
बुध Budha238.13°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati318.46°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra215.81°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
शनि Śani348.13°MīnaRevatī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:51 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:20 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:00 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:51 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 29 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 30 Mins 38 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:27 – 06:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:58 – 06:51
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta13:50 – 14:32
Godhūli Muhūrta17:08 – 17:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:20 – 17:46
Amṛta Kāla17:05 – 18:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:26

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:47 – 12:05
Yamaganda14:43 – 16:01
Gulika Kāla08:09 – 09:28
Varjyam07:17 – 07:34
Dur Muhūrta 09:18 – 09:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:51 – 08:09 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:09 – 09:28 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:28 – 10:47 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:47 – 12:05 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:05 – 13:24 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:24 – 14:43 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:43 – 16:01 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:01 – 17:20 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:20 – 19:01 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:01 – 20:43 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:43 – 22:24 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:24 – 00:05 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:05 – 01:47 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:47 – 03:28 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:28 – 05:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:09 – 06:51 (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 Year4981 · Kali-4981
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1819251.27 · 4980.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2407716.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.1767° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)232.25° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (22.1767°) · declination -22.98° · EoT -4.15 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:1880-01-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)