पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · April 2, 1881 CE

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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 17.18 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सत्कारमानपूजार्थं तपो दम्भेन चैव यत्।क्रियते तदिह प्रोक्तं राजसं चलमध्रुवम्।।17.18।।
"17.18 Austerity coupled with hypocrisy or performed for the sake of self-glorification, popularity or vanity, comes from Passion, and its result is always doubtful and temporary." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.18'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 Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya350.25°MīnaRevatī P2
चन्द्र Candra28.50°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala308.39°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
बुध Budha325.20°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati6.85°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra29.04°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
शनि Śani8.20°MeṣaAśvinī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:52 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:19 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:58 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:19 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 27 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 32 Mins 35 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:12 – 05:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:49 – 05:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:40 – 12:30
Vijaya Muhūrta14:10 – 15:00
Godhūli Muhūrta18:07 – 18:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:19 – 18:50
Amṛta Kāla18:04 – 19:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:40 – 00:30

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:58 – 10:32
Yamaganda13:39 – 15:12
Gulika Kāla05:52 – 07:25
Varjyam06:23 – 06:43
Dur Muhūrta 08:46 – 09:11

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:52 – 07:25 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:25 – 08:58 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:58 – 10:32 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:32 – 12:05 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:05 – 13:39 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:39 – 15:12 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:12 – 16:45 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:45 – 18:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:19 – 19:45 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:45 – 21:12 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:12 – 22:39 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:39 – 00:05 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:05 – 01:32 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:32 – 02:58 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:58 – 04:25 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:25 – 05:52 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Caturthī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

🌌 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)1819707.27 · 4982.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2408172.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.1942° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)39.51° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (22.1942°) · declination 4.91° · EoT -4.03 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:1881-04-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)