पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · August 18, 1887 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: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.

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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.19 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
तस्मादसक्तः सततं कार्यं कर्म समाचर।

असक्तो ह्याचरन्कर्म परमाप्नोति पूरुषः।।3.19।।
"3.19 Therefore do thy duty perfectly, without care for the results, for he who does his duty disinterestedly attains the Supreme." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1944 Śārvarī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1809 Sarvajit
Bengali Saṁvat: 1294
Malayalam Era: 1063
Nanakshahi: 418
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya122.47°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra106.28°KarkaPuṣya P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala93.48°KarkaPuṣya P1
बुध Budha105.51°KarkaPuṣya P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati190.02°TulāSvātī P2
शुक्र Śukra162.38°KanyāHasta P1
शनि Śani98.39°KarkaPuṣya P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:33 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:36 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:19 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:41 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 02 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 57 Mins 32 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:49 – 04:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:28 – 05:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta18:24 – 18:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:36 – 19:09
Amṛta Kāla18:21 – 20:06
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:31

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:43 – 15:20
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: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ 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 – 15:20 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:20 – 16:58 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:58 – 18:36 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:36 – 19:58 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:58 – 21:20 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:20 – 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 Year4989 · Kali-4989
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1822036.27 · 4988.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2410501.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.2833° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)343.40° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (22.2833°) · declination 13.27° · EoT -3.53 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:1887-08-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)