पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · December 17, 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 13.18 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
ज्योतिषामपि तज्ज्योतिस्तमसः परमुच्यते।ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं ज्ञानगम्यं हृदि सर्वस्य विष्ठितम्।।13.18।।
"13.18 It is the Light of lights, beyond the reach of darkness; the Wisdom, the only thing that is worth knowing or that wisdom can teach; the Presence in the hearts of all." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.18'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 Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya243.35°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra67.57°MithunaĀrdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala228.79°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha224.49°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati349.05°MīnaRevatī P1
शुक्र Śukra283.49°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani0.90°MeṣaAśvinī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:44 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:12 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:58 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:21 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:08 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 27 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 32 Mins 30 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:21 – 06:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:52 – 06:44
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta13:43 – 14:24
Godhūli Muhūrta17:00 – 17:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:12 – 17:38
Amṛta Kāla16:57 – 18:42
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:19

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:39 – 11:58
Yamaganda14:35 – 15:53
Gulika Kāla08:03 – 09:21
Varjyam07:10 – 07:27
Dur Muhūrta 09:11 – 09:32

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:44 – 08:03 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:03 – 09:21 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:21 – 10:39 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:39 – 11:58 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:58 – 13:16 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:16 – 14:35 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:35 – 15:53 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:53 – 17:12 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:12 – 18:53 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:53 – 20:35 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:35 – 22:16 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:16 – 23:58 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:58 – 01:39 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:39 – 03:21 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:21 – 05:03 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:03 – 06:44 (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 Year4982 · Kali-4982
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1819601.27 · 4981.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2408066.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.1901° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)185.62° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (22.1901°) · declination -23.36° · EoT 3.25 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:1880-12-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)