पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · September 20, 1942 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: पाशाङ्कुशा एकादशी — Pāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
Confers strength + wealth + son; equivalent to 1000 Aśvamedha-yajñas.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.8 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
दुःखमित्येव यत्कर्म कायक्लेशभयात्त्यजेत्।स कृत्वा राजसं त्यागं नैव त्यागफलं लभेत्।।18.8।।
"18.8 To avoid an action through fear of physical suffering, because it is likely to be painful, is to act from passion, and the benefit of renunciation will not follow." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1999 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1864 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1349
Malayalam Era: 1118
Nanakshahi: 473
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya153.40°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
चन्द्र Candra274.38°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala159.42°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha180.38°TulāCitrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati88.48°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शुक्र Śukra139.44°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani49.82°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:47 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:00 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:39 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:17 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 13 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 46 Mins 50 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:09 – 04:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:46 – 05:47
Abhijit Muhūrta11:29 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:45
Godhūli Muhūrta17:48 – 18:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:00 – 18:31
Amṛta Kāla17:45 – 19:30
Niśīta Muhūrta23:29 – 00:18

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:29 – 18:00
Yamaganda11:54 – 13:25
Gulika Kāla14:57 – 16:29
Varjyam06:18 – 06:37
Dur Muhūrta 08:38 – 09:03

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:47 – 07:19 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:19 – 08:51 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:51 – 10:22 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:22 – 11:54 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:54 – 13:25 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:25 – 14:57 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:57 – 16:29 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:29 – 18:00 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:00 – 19:29 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:29 – 20:57 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:57 – 22:25 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:25 – 23:54 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:54 – 01:22 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:22 – 02:51 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:51 – 04:19 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:19 – 05:47 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 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 Year5044 · Kali-5044
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1842157.27 · 5043.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2430622.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.0528° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)121.95° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30)
🪷 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 (23.0528°) · declination 1.41° · EoT 7.35 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:1942-09-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)