पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · May 12, 1897 CE

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🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.26 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्रोत्रादीनीन्द्रियाण्यन्ये संयमाग्निषु जुह्वति।

शब्दादीन्विषयानन्य इन्द्रियाग्निषु जुह्वति।।4.26।।
"4.26 Some sacrifice their physical senses in the fire of self-control; others offer up their contact with external objects in the sacrificial fire of their senses." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1954 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1819 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1304
Malayalam Era: 1073
Nanakshahi: 428
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya29.12°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
चन्द्र Candra146.04°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala95.40°KarkaPuṣya P1
बुध Budha43.64°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati128.80°SiṃhaMaghā P3
शुक्र Śukra10.80°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शनि Śani216.66°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:15 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:40 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:33 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:57 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 24 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 35 Mins 47 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:28 – 04:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:08 – 05:15
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta14:11 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta18:28 – 18:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:40 – 19:13
Amṛta Kāla18:25 – 20:10
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:24

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:57 – 13:38
Yamaganda06:56 – 08:36
Gulika Kāla10:17 – 11:57
Varjyam05:49 – 06:10
Dur Muhūrta 08:23 – 08:50

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:15 – 06:56 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:56 – 08:36 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:36 – 10:17 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:17 – 11:57 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:57 – 13:38 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:38 – 15:18 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:18 – 16:59 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:59 – 18:40 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:40 – 19:59 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:59 – 21:18 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:18 – 22:38 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:38 – 23:57 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:57 – 01:17 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:17 – 02:36 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:36 – 03:56 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:56 – 05:15 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year4999 · Kali-4999
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1825591.27 · 4998.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2414056.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.4192° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)120.04° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30)
🪷 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 (22.4192°) · declination 18.15° · EoT 3.74 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:1897-05-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)