पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · April 1, 1881 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: मत्स्य जयन्ती — Matsya Jayantī
Matsya saved Vaivasvata Manu and the Vedas during the cosmic deluge.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.17 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
श्रद्धया परया तप्तं तपस्तत्ित्रविधं नरैः।अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिर्युक्तैः सात्त्विकं परिचक्षते।।17.17।।
"17.17 These threefold austerities performed with faith, and without thought of reward, may truly be accounted Pure." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1938 Jaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1803 Vṛṣa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1288
Malayalam Era: 1057
Nanakshahi: 412
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya349.26°MīnaRevatī P1
चन्द्र Candra15.50°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala307.62°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
बुध Budha324.58°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati6.62°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra28.66°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
शनि Śani8.08°MeṣaAśvinī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:53 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:18 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:19 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:22 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 25 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 34 Mins 09 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:13 – 05:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:50 – 05:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:30
Vijaya Muhūrta14:10 – 15:00
Godhūli Muhūrta18:06 – 18:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:18 – 18:50
Amṛta Kāla18:03 – 19:48
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:30

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:32 – 12:06
Yamaganda15:12 – 16:45
Gulika Kāla07:26 – 08:59
Varjyam06:24 – 06:44
Dur Muhūrta 08:47 – 09:11

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:53 – 07:26 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:26 – 08:59 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:59 – 10:32 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:32 – 12:06 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:06 – 13:39 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:39 – 15:12 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:12 – 16:45 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:45 – 18:18 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:18 – 19:45 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:45 – 21:12 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:12 – 22:39 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:39 – 00:06 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:06 – 01:32 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:32 – 02:59 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:59 – 04:26 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:26 – 05:53 (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)1819706.27 · 4982.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2408171.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.1941° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)27.71° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 3/30)
🪷 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 (22.1941°) · declination 4.53° · EoT -4.34 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:1881-04-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)