पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · January 25, 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 11.2 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
भवाप्ययौ हि भूतानां श्रुतौ विस्तरशो मया।

त्वत्तः कमलपत्राक्ष माहात्म्यमपि चाव्ययम्।।11.2।।
"11.2 O Lord, whose eyes are like the lotus petal! Thou hast described in detail the origin and the dissolution of being, and Thine own Eternal Majesty." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.2'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 Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya282.21°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra33.98°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala250.51°DhanuMūla P4
बुध Budha302.18°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati102.17°KarkaPuṣya P3
शुक्र Śukra243.27°DhanuMūla P1
शनि Śani206.79°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:50 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:37 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:57 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:24 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 47 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 12 Mins 37 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:23 – 06:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:56 – 06:50
Abhijit Muhūrta11:52 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta14:01 – 14:45
Godhūli Muhūrta17:25 – 17:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:37 – 18:04
Amṛta Kāla17:22 – 19:07
Niśīta Muhūrta23:52 – 00:35

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:32 – 10:53
Yamaganda13:34 – 14:55
Gulika Kāla06:50 – 08:11
Varjyam07:17 – 07:34
Dur Muhūrta 09:21 – 09:42

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (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):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:50 – 08:11 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:11 – 09:32 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:32 – 10:53 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:53 – 12:13 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:13 – 13:34 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:34 – 14:55 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:55 – 16:16 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:16 – 17:37 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:37 – 19:16 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:16 – 20:55 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:55 – 22:34 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:34 – 00:13 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:13 – 01:53 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:53 – 03:32 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:32 – 05:11 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:11 – 06:50 (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 Daśamī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

🌌 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)1825118.27 · 4997.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2413583.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.4011° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)113.71° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 10/30)
🪷 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 (22.4011°) · declination -19.11° · EoT -12.31 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:1896-01-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)