पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · December 17, 1896 CE

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🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.42 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
सङ्करो नरकायैव कुलघ्नानां कुलस्य च।

पतन्ति पितरो ह्येषां लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः।।1.42।।
"1.42 Promiscuity ruins both the family and those who defile it; while the souls of our ancestors droop, through lack of the funeral cakes and ablutions." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.42's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1953 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1818 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1303
Malayalam Era: 1072
Nanakshahi: 427
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya243.24°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra27.94°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala56.63°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
बुध Budha254.89°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati138.27°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra284.11°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani214.21°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:44 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:12 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:58 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:57 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:17 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 27 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 32 Mins 31 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:21 – 06:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:52 – 06:44
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta13:43 – 14:24
Godhūli Muhūrta17:00 – 17:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:12 – 17:38
Amṛta Kāla16:57 – 18:42
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:19

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:16 – 14:35
Yamaganda06:44 – 08:03
Gulika Kāla09:21 – 10:39
Varjyam07:10 – 07:27
Dur Muhūrta 09:11 – 09:32

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:44 – 08:03 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:03 – 09:21 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:21 – 10:39 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:39 – 11:58 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:58 – 13:16 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:16 – 14:35 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:35 – 15:53 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:53 – 17:12 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:12 – 18:53 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:53 – 20:35 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:35 – 22:16 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:16 – 23:58 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:58 – 01:39 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:39 – 03:21 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:21 – 05:03 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:03 – 06:44 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 26.799°
Longitude: 82.204°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year4998 · Kali-4998
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1825445.27 · 4997.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2413910.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.4136° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)143.30° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (22.4136°) · declination -23.37° · EoT 3.25 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:1896-12-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)