पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · January 21, 1890 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 8.14 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अनन्यचेताः सततं यो मां स्मरति नित्यशः।

तस्याहं सुलभः पार्थ नित्ययुक्तस्य योगिनः।।8.14।।
"8.14 To him who thinks constantly of Me, and of nothing else, to such an ever-faithful devotee, O Arjuna, am I ever accessible." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1947 Śobhana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1812 Vikṛti
Bengali Saṁvat: 1297
Malayalam Era: 1066
Nanakshahi: 421
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya278.69°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra279.42°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala200.15°TulāViśākhā P1
बुध Budha295.81°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati272.13°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra273.39°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani131.29°SiṃhaMaghā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:51 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:34 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:12 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:54 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:36 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 43 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 16 Mins 22 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:25 – 06:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:57 – 06:51
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta14:00 – 14:43
Godhūli Muhūrta17:22 – 17:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:34 – 18:01
Amṛta Kāla17:19 – 19:04
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:34

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:53 – 16:14
Yamaganda09:32 – 10:52
Gulika Kāla12:12 – 13:33
Varjyam07:17 – 07:35
Dur Muhūrta 09:21 – 09:42

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:51 – 08:11 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:11 – 09:32 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:32 – 10:52 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:52 – 12:12 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:12 – 13:33 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:33 – 14:53 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:53 – 16:14 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:14 – 17:34 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:34 – 19:14 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:14 – 20:53 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:53 – 22:33 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:33 – 00:12 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:12 – 01:52 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:52 – 03:32 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:32 – 05:11 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:11 – 06:51 (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 Year4991 · Kali-4991
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1822923.27 · 4991.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2411388.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.3172° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)0.89° · 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 (22.3172°) · declination -19.93° · EoT -11.26 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:1890-01-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)