पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · August 24, 1926 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: पितृ पक्ष आरम्भ — Pitṛ-Pakṣa Start
Begin 16-day śrāddha period for ancestors. Bhādrapada Pūrṇimā next-day.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.30 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
अपि चेत्सुदुराचारो भजते मामनन्यभाक्।

साधुरेव स मन्तव्यः सम्यग्व्यवसितो हि सः।।9.30।।
"9.30 Even the most sinful, if he worship Me with his whole heart, shalt be considered righteous, for he is treading the right path." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.30's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1983 Pramāthi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1848 Akṣaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1333
Malayalam Era: 1102
Nanakshahi: 457
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya127.29°SiṃhaMaghā P3
चन्द्र Candra314.64°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala19.28°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
बुध Budha110.12°KarkaAśleṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati299.85°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra105.35°KarkaPuṣya P4
शनि Śani207.59°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:36 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:30 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:48 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:17 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 54 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 05 Mins 27 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:53 – 04:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:31 – 05:36
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:29
Vijaya Muhūrta14:12 – 15:04
Godhūli Muhūrta18:18 – 18:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:30 – 19:03
Amṛta Kāla18:15 – 20:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:29

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:17 – 16:54
Yamaganda08:50 – 10:26
Gulika Kāla12:03 – 13:40
Varjyam06:08 – 06:29
Dur Muhūrta 08:37 – 09:02

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
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 · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:36 – 07:13 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:13 – 08:50 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:50 – 10:26 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:26 – 12:03 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:03 – 13:40 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:40 – 15:17 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:17 – 16:54 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:54 – 18:30 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:30 – 19:54 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:54 – 21:17 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:17 – 22:40 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:40 – 00:03 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:03 – 01:26 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:26 – 02:50 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:50 – 04:13 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:13 – 05:36 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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 Year5028 · Kali-5028
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1836286.27 · 5027.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2424751.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.8283° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)186.68° · 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 (22.8283°) · declination 11.43° · EoT -1.99 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:1926-08-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)