पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · May 18, 1881 CE

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🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.36 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सुखं त्विदानीं त्रिविधं श्रृणु मे भरतर्षभ।अभ्यासाद्रमते यत्र दुःखान्तं च निगच्छति।।18.36।।
"18.36 Hear further the three kinds of pleasure. That which increases day after day delivers one from misery," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1938 Jaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1803 Vṛṣa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1288
Malayalam Era: 1057
Nanakshahi: 412
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya35.00°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
चन्द्र Candra270.48°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala343.63°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha36.66°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati17.80°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra15.24°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शनि Śani13.99°MeṣaBharaṇī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:12 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:43 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:23 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:56 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 30 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 29 Mins 22 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:24 – 04:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:05 – 05:12
Abhijit Muhūrta11:30 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta18:31 – 18:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:43 – 19:17
Amṛta Kāla18:28 – 20:13
Niśīta Muhūrta23:30 – 00:25

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:57 – 13:39
Yamaganda06:54 – 08:35
Gulika Kāla10:16 – 11:57
Varjyam05:46 – 06:08
Dur Muhūrta 08:21 – 08:48

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:12 – 06:54 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:54 – 08:35 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:35 – 10:16 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:16 – 11:57 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:57 – 13:39 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:39 – 15:20 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:20 – 17:01 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:01 – 18:43 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:43 – 20:01 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:01 – 21:20 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:20 – 22:39 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:39 – 23:57 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:57 – 01:16 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:16 – 02:35 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:35 – 03:54 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:54 – 05:12 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 26.799°
Longitude: 82.204°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year4983 · Kali-4983
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1819753.27 · 4982.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2408218.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.1959° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)233.39° · 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 (22.1959°) · declination 19.53° · EoT 3.69 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:1881-05-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)