पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · August 17, 1882 CE

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🪷 आज: गणेश चतुर्थी — Gaṇeśa Caturthī
Gaṇeśa's birth day; 11-day festival in Maharashtra.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.42 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga🪷 Ekāṁśena Sthito Jagat · One Fragment Supports All
अथवा बहुनैतेन किं ज्ञातेन तवार्जुन।

विष्टभ्याहमिदं कृत्स्नमेकांशेन स्थितो जगत्।।10.42।।
"10.42 But what is the use of all these details to thee? O Arjuna! I sustain this universe with only small part of Myself."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.42's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1939 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1804 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1289
Malayalam Era: 1058
Nanakshahi: 413
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya121.78°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra156.37°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala158.42°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha125.54°SiṃhaMaghā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati64.59°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
शुक्र Śukra165.95°KanyāHasta P2
शनि Śani34.42°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:33 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:37 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:20 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:27 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 03 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 56 Mins 26 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:49 – 04:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:28 – 05:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta14:16 – 15:08
Godhūli Muhūrta18:25 – 18:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:37 – 19:09
Amṛta Kāla18:22 – 20:07
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:31

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:43 – 15:21
Yamaganda05:33 – 07:11
Gulika Kāla08:49 – 10:27
Varjyam06:06 – 06:27
Dur Muhūrta 08:36 – 09:02

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:33 – 07:11 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:11 – 08:49 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:49 – 10:27 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:27 – 12:05 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:05 – 13:43 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:43 – 15:21 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:21 – 16:59 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:59 – 18:37 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:37 – 19:59 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:59 – 21:21 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:21 – 22:43 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:43 – 00:05 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:05 – 01:27 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:27 – 02:49 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:49 – 04:11 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:11 – 05:33 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year4984 · Kali-4984
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1820209.27 · 4983.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2408674.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.2134° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)37.84° · 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 (22.2134°) · declination 13.52° · EoT -3.75 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:1882-08-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)