पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · March 24, 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: कामदा एकादशी — Kāmadā Ekādaśī
Fulfills righteous desires; removes brahma-hatyā.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.19 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च।

अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च सदसच्चाहमर्जुन।।9.19।।
"9.19 I am the Heat of the Sun, I release and hold back the Rains. I am Death and Immortality; I am Being and Not-Being." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.19'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 Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya341.56°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra109.42°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala186.91°TulāSvātī P1
बुध Budha316.72°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati226.15°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शुक्र Śukra314.63°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शनि Śani98.20°KarkaPuṣya P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:01 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:15 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:01 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:18 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 13 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 46 Mins 21 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:23 – 05:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:00 – 06:01
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta14:10 – 14:59
Godhūli Muhūrta18:03 – 18:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:15 – 18:45
Amṛta Kāla18:00 – 19:45
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:33

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:05 – 10:36
Yamaganda13:40 – 15:11
Gulika Kāla06:01 – 07:33
Varjyam06:32 – 06:51
Dur Muhūrta 08:52 – 09:17

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (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 Kāla06:01 – 07:33 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:33 – 09:05 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:05 – 10:36 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:36 – 12:08 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:08 – 13:40 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:40 – 15:11 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:11 – 16:43 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:43 – 18:15 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:15 – 19:43 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:43 – 21:11 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:11 – 22:40 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:40 – 00:08 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:08 – 01:36 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:36 – 03:05 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:05 – 04:33 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:33 – 06:01 (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 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)1822255.27 · 4989.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2410720.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.2916° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)129.54° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30)
🪷 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 (22.2916°) · declination 1.53° · EoT -6.90 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:1888-03-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)