पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · February 20, 1883 CE

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🪷 आज: होलिका दहन — Holikā Dahana
Burning of Holikā; Prahlāda saved by Hari. Eve of Holi.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.6 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
कर्षयन्तः शरीरस्थं भूतग्राममचेतसः।मां चैवान्तःशरीरस्थं तान्विद्ध्यासुरनिश्चयान्।।17.6।।
"17.6 They are ignorant. They torment the organs of the body; and they harass Me also, Who lives within. Know that they are devoted to evil." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1940 Durmukhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1805 Subhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1290
Malayalam Era: 1059
Nanakshahi: 414
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya308.87°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra106.54°KarkaPuṣya P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala292.68°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
बुध Budha287.38°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati60.44°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
शुक्र Śukra263.72°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani28.73°MeṣaKṛttikā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:34 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:57 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:05 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:27 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 22 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 37 Mins 48 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:03 – 05:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:38 – 06:34
Abhijit Muhūrta11:53 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta14:09 – 14:55
Godhūli Muhūrta17:45 – 18:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:57 – 18:25
Amṛta Kāla17:42 – 19:27
Niśīta Muhūrta23:53 – 00:38

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:06 – 16:31
Yamaganda09:25 – 10:50
Gulika Kāla12:15 – 13:41
Varjyam07:03 – 07:21
Dur Muhūrta 09:14 – 09:36

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:34 – 08:00 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:00 – 09:25 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:25 – 10:50 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:50 – 12:15 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:15 – 13:41 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:41 – 15:06 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:06 – 16:31 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:31 – 17:57 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:57 – 19:31 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:31 – 21:06 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:06 – 22:41 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:41 – 00:15 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:15 – 01:50 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:50 – 03:25 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:25 – 05:00 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:00 – 06:34 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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)1820396.27 · 4984.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2408861.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.2205° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)157.80° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 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 (22.2205°) · declination -11.08° · EoT -14.28 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:1883-02-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)