पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · December 21, 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 1.46 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
यदि मामप्रतीकारमशस्त्रं शस्त्रपाणयः।

धार्तराष्ट्रा रणे हन्युस्तन्मे क्षेमतरं भवेत्।।1.46।।
"1.46 If, on the contrary, the sons of Dhritarashtra, with weapons in their hand, should slay me, unarmed and unresisting, surely that would be better for my welfare!"" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.46's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya247.32°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra77.50°MithunaĀrdrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala55.23°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
बुध Budha261.21°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati138.35°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra288.91°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शनि Śani214.64°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:46 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:13 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:00 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:48 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:33 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 27 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 32 Mins 52 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:23 – 06:04
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:54 – 06:46
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:21
Vijaya Muhūrta13:44 – 14:26
Godhūli Muhūrta17:01 – 17:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:13 – 17:40
Amṛta Kāla16:58 – 18:43
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:21

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:05 – 09:23
Yamaganda10:41 – 12:00
Gulika Kāla13:18 – 14:37
Varjyam07:12 – 07:29
Dur Muhūrta 09:13 – 09:33

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (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):
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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:46 – 08:05 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:05 – 09:23 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:23 – 10:41 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:41 – 12:00 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:00 – 13:18 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:18 – 14:37 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:37 – 15:55 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:55 – 17:13 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:13 – 18:55 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:55 – 20:37 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:37 – 22:18 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:18 – 00:00 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:00 – 01:41 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:41 – 03:23 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:23 – 05:05 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:05 – 06:46 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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)1825449.27 · 4997.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2413914.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.4138° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)189.95° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (22.4138°) · declination -23.44° · EoT 1.38 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:1896-12-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)