पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · December 22, 1899 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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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 11.27 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
वक्त्राणि ते त्वरमाणा विशन्ति

दंष्ट्राकरालानि भयानकानि।

केचिद्विलग्ना दशनान्तरेषु

संदृश्यन्ते चूर्णितैरुत्तमाङ्गैः।।11.27।।
"11.27 1 see them all rushing headlong into Thy mouths, with terrible tusks, horrible to behold. Some are mangled between thy jaws, with their heads crushed to atoms." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.27's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1956 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1821 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1306
Malayalam Era: 1075
Nanakshahi: 430
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya247.55°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra123.57°SiṃhaMaghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala255.14°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha227.14°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati218.04°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शुक्र Śukra272.92°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani245.23°DhanuMūla P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:47 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:14 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:00 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:15 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:13 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 – 06:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:54 – 06:47
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:21
Vijaya Muhūrta13:45 – 14:27
Godhūli Muhūrta17:02 – 17:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:14 – 17:40
Amṛta Kāla16:59 – 18:44
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:21

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:42 – 12:00
Yamaganda14:37 – 15:55
Gulika Kāla08:05 – 09:23
Varjyam07:13 – 07:30
Dur Muhūrta 09:13 – 09:34

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:47 – 08:05 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:05 – 09:23 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:23 – 10:42 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:42 – 12:00 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:00 – 13:19 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:19 – 14:37 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:37 – 15:55 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:55 – 17:14 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:14 – 18:55 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:55 – 20:37 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:37 – 22:19 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:19 – 00:00 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:00 – 01:42 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:42 – 03:23 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:23 – 05:05 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:05 – 06:47 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5001 · Kali-5001
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1826545.27 · 5000.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2415010.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.4557° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)238.88° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (22.4557°) · declination -23.44° · EoT 0.91 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:1899-12-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)