पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · March 12, 1941 CE

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🪷 आज: होलिका दहन — Holikā Dahana
Burning of Holikā; Prahlāda saved by Hari. Eve of Holi.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.27 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युर्ध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य च।

तस्मादपरिहार्येऽर्थे न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि।।2.27।।
"2.27 For death is as sure for that which is born, as birth is for that which is dead. Therefore grieve not for what is inevitable." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.27's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1998 Jaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1863 Vṛṣa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1348
Malayalam Era: 1117
Nanakshahi: 472
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya328.05°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra128.25°SiṃhaMaghā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala262.97°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha306.72°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati20.87°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra319.16°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
शनि Śani18.49°MeṣaBharaṇī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:15 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:08 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:12 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:27 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:18 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 53 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 06 Mins 49 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:40 – 05:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:16 – 06:15
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta14:11 – 14:58
Godhūli Muhūrta17:56 – 18:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:08 – 18:38
Amṛta Kāla17:53 – 19:38
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:35

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:12 – 13:41
Yamaganda07:44 – 09:13
Gulika Kāla10:43 – 12:12
Varjyam06:45 – 07:04
Dur Muhūrta 09:01 – 09:25

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:15 – 07:44 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:44 – 09:13 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:13 – 10:43 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:43 – 12:12 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:12 – 13:41 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:41 – 15:10 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:10 – 16:39 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:39 – 18:08 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:08 – 19:39 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:39 – 21:10 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:10 – 22:41 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:41 – 00:12 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:12 – 01:43 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:43 – 03:13 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:13 – 04:44 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:44 – 06:15 (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 Year5042 · Kali-5042
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1841600.27 · 5042.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2430065.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.0315° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)159.79° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 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 (23.0315°) · declination -3.54° · EoT -10.49 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:1941-03-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)