पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · January 28, 1888 CE

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🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.21 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
यो यो यां यां तनुं भक्तः श्रद्धयार्चितुमिच्छति।

तस्य तस्याचलां श्रद्धां तामेव विदधाम्यहम्।।7.21।।
"7.21 But whatever the form of worship, if the devotee have faith, then upon his faith in that worship do I set My own seal." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1945 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1810 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1295
Malayalam Era: 1064
Nanakshahi: 419
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya285.31°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra93.62°KarkaPuṣya P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala182.68°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha293.34°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati221.93°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शुक्र Śukra246.59°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani101.34°KarkaPuṣya P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:49 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:40 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:40 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:15 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 50 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 09 Mins 16 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:22 – 06:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:55 – 06:49
Abhijit Muhūrta11:52 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta14:03 – 14:46
Godhūli Muhūrta17:28 – 17:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:40 – 18:07
Amṛta Kāla17:25 – 19:10
Niśīta Muhūrta23:52 – 00:36

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:31 – 10:53
Yamaganda13:35 – 14:57
Gulika Kāla06:49 – 08:10
Varjyam07:16 – 07:33
Dur Muhūrta 09:21 – 09:42

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:49 – 08:10 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:10 – 09:31 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:31 – 10:53 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:53 – 12:14 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:14 – 13:35 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:35 – 14:57 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:57 – 16:18 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:18 – 17:40 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:40 – 19:18 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:18 – 20:57 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:57 – 22:35 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:35 – 00:14 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:14 – 01:53 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:53 – 03:31 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:31 – 05:10 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:10 – 06:49 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Caturdaśī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

🌌 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)1822199.27 · 4989.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2410664.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.2895° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)167.21° · 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 (22.2895°) · declination -18.37° · EoT -12.97 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:1888-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)