पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · January 20, 1909 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 6.19 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
यथा दीपो निवातस्थो नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता।

योगिनो यतचित्तस्य युञ्जतो योगमात्मनः।।6.19।।
"6.19 The wise man who has conquered his mind and is absorbed in the Self is as a lamp which does not flicker, since it stands sheltered from every wind." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1966 Dundubhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1831 Saumya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1316
Malayalam Era: 1085
Nanakshahi: 440
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya276.79°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra250.30°DhanuMūla P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala225.27°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
बुध Budha294.41°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati142.38°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra253.77°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani343.65°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:51 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:33 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:12 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:14 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:39 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 42 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 17 Mins 58 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:26 – 06:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:58 – 06:51
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta13:59 – 14:42
Godhūli Muhūrta17:21 – 17:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:33 – 18:00
Amṛta Kāla17:18 – 19:03
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:34

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:12 – 13:32
Yamaganda08:11 – 09:32
Gulika Kāla10:52 – 12:12
Varjyam07:18 – 07:35
Dur Muhūrta 09:21 – 09:42

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ 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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:51 – 08:11 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:11 – 09:32 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:32 – 10:52 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:52 – 12:12 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:12 – 13:32 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:32 – 14:53 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:53 – 16:13 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:13 – 17:33 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:33 – 19:13 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:13 – 20:53 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:53 – 22:32 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:32 – 00:12 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:12 – 01:52 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:52 – 03:32 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:32 – 05:11 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:11 – 06:51 (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 Year5010 · Kali-5010
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1829861.27 · 5010.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2418326.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.5825° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)333.52° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (22.5825°) · declination -20.28° · EoT -10.96 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:1909-01-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)