पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · March 13, 1888 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: चैत्र नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Caitra Navrātri Start (Gudhi Padwā)
Spring Navrātri begins; Vasanta-pakṣa Devī worship. Maharashtra: Gudhi Padwā. South: Ugadi. Sindhi: Cheti Chand.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.8 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
प्रकृतिं स्वामवष्टभ्य विसृजामि पुनः पुनः।

भूतग्राममिमं कृत्स्नमवशं प्रकृतेर्वशात्।।9.8।।
"9.8 With the help of Nature, again and again I pour forth the whole multitude of beings, whether they will or no, for they are ruled by My Will." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1945 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1810 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1295
Malayalam Era: 1064
Nanakshahi: 419
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya330.63°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
चन्द्र Candra334.55°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala188.89°TulāSvātī P1
बुध Budha315.44°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati226.03°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शुक्र Śukra301.18°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani98.47°KarkaPuṣya P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:13 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:09 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:11 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:27 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:27 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 56 Mins 07 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 03 Mins 53 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:38 – 05:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:14 – 06:13
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta14:11 – 14:58
Godhūli Muhūrta17:57 – 18:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:09 – 18:39
Amṛta Kāla17:54 – 19:39
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:35

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:10 – 16:40
Yamaganda09:12 – 10:42
Gulika Kāla12:11 – 13:41
Varjyam06:43 – 07:02
Dur Muhūrta 09:00 – 09:24

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
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 · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:13 – 07:43 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:43 – 09:12 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:12 – 10:42 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:42 – 12:11 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:11 – 13:41 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:41 – 15:10 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:10 – 16:40 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:40 – 18:09 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:09 – 19:40 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:40 – 21:10 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:10 – 22:41 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:41 – 00:11 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:11 – 01:42 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:42 – 03:12 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:12 – 04:43 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:43 – 06:13 (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 Year4989 · Kali-4989
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1822244.27 · 4989.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2410709.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.2912° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)5.85° · 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 (22.2912°) · declination -2.81° · EoT -10.22 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:1888-03-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)