पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · January 18, 1896 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 10.37 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
वृष्णीनां वासुदेवोऽस्मि पाण्डवानां धनंजयः।

मुनीनामप्यहं व्यासः कवीनामुशना कविः।।10.37।।
"10.37 I am Shri Krishna among the Vishnu-clan and Arjuna among the Pandavas; of the saints I am Vyasa, and I am Shukracharya among the sages." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1953 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1818 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1303
Malayalam Era: 1072
Nanakshahi: 427
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya275.09°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra309.98°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala245.40°DhanuMūla P2
बुध Budha293.42°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati103.11°KarkaPuṣya P3
शुक्र Śukra234.92°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani206.37°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:51 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:32 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:12 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:50 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:12 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 40 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 19 Mins 43 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:26 – 06:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:58 – 06:51
Abhijit Muhūrta11:50 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta13:58 – 14:41
Godhūli Muhūrta17:20 – 17:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:32 – 17:58
Amṛta Kāla17:17 – 19:02
Niśīta Muhūrta23:50 – 00:33

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:31 – 10:51
Yamaganda13:32 – 14:52
Gulika Kāla06:51 – 08:11
Varjyam07:18 – 07:35
Dur Muhūrta 09:21 – 09:42

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:51 – 08:11 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:11 – 09:31 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:31 – 10:51 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:51 – 12:12 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:12 – 13:32 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:32 – 14:52 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:52 – 16:12 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:12 – 17:32 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:32 – 19:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:12 – 20:52 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:52 – 22:32 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:32 – 00:12 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:12 – 01:51 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:51 – 03:31 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:31 – 05:11 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:11 – 06:51 (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 Year4997 · Kali-4997
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1825111.27 · 4997.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2413576.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.4009° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)37.72° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (22.4009°) · declination -20.66° · EoT -10.35 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:1896-01-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)