पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · September 23, 1911 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: शारदीय नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Śāradīya Navrātri Start
Autumn Navrātri begins; Devī Mahiṣāsura-mardinī worship for 9 nights.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.3 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
मम योनिर्महद्ब्रह्म तस्मिन् गर्भं दधाम्यहम्।संभवः सर्वभूतानां ततो भवति भारत।।14.3।।
"14.3 The eternal Cosmos is My womb, in which I plant the seed, from which all beings are born, O Prince!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1968 Raktākṣī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1833 Virodhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1318
Malayalam Era: 1087
Nanakshahi: 442
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya156.28°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
चन्द्र Candra161.62°KanyāHasta P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala45.38°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
बुध Budha140.14°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati202.18°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra145.71°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani28.26°MeṣaKṛttikā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:48 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:57 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:53 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:15 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:13 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 09 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 50 Mins 46 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:11 – 05:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:47 – 05:48
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta13:54 – 14:43
Godhūli Muhūrta17:45 – 18:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:57 – 18:28
Amṛta Kāla17:42 – 19:27
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:17

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:50 – 10:22
Yamaganda13:24 – 14:55
Gulika Kāla05:48 – 07:19
Varjyam06:19 – 06:38
Dur Muhūrta 08:38 – 09:03

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:48 – 07:19 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:19 – 08:50 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:50 – 10:22 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:22 – 11:53 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:53 – 13:24 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:24 – 14:55 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:55 – 16:26 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:26 – 17:57 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:57 – 19:26 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:26 – 20:55 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:55 – 22:24 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:24 – 23:53 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:53 – 01:22 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:22 – 02:50 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:50 – 04:19 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:19 – 05:48 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5013 · Kali-5013
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1830837.27 · 5012.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2419302.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.6199° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)7.15° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (22.6199°) · declination 0.44° · EoT 8.44 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:1911-09-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)