पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · September 24, 1881 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: शारदीय नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Śāradīya Navrātri Start
Autumn Navrātri begins; Devī Mahiṣāsura-mardinī worship for 9 nights.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.40 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
नेहाभिक्रमनाशोऽस्ति प्रत्यवायो न विद्यते।

स्वल्पमप्यस्य धर्मस्य त्रायते महतो भयात्।।2.40।।
"2.40 On this Path, endeavour is never wasted, nor can it ever be repressed. Even a very little of its practice protects one from great danger." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.40's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1938 Jaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1803 Vṛṣa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1288
Malayalam Era: 1057
Nanakshahi: 412
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya158.91°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
चन्द्र Candra165.19°KanyāHasta P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala69.32°MithunaĀrdrā P1
बुध Budha177.99°KanyāCitrā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati35.19°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
शुक्र Śukra125.16°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शनि Śani20.38°MeṣaBharaṇī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:50 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:55 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:21 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:14 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 05 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 54 Mins 19 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:13 – 05:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:49 – 05:50
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:42
Godhūli Muhūrta17:43 – 18:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:55 – 18:25
Amṛta Kāla17:40 – 19:25
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:17

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:51 – 10:22
Yamaganda13:23 – 14:54
Gulika Kāla05:50 – 07:20
Varjyam06:20 – 06:39
Dur Muhūrta 08:39 – 09:03

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:50 – 07:20 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:20 – 08:51 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:51 – 10:22 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:22 – 11:52 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:52 – 13:23 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:23 – 14:54 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:54 – 16:25 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:25 – 17:55 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:55 – 19:25 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:25 – 20:54 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:54 – 22:23 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:23 – 23:52 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:52 – 01:22 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:22 – 02:51 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:51 – 04:20 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:20 – 05:50 (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 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)1819882.27 · 4982.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2408347.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.2009° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)6.32° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (22.2009°) · declination -0.44° · EoT 8.79 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:1881-09-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)