पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · December 19, 1942 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: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.20 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अथ व्यवस्थितान् दृष्ट्वा धार्तराष्ट्रान्कपिध्वजः।

प्रवृत्ते शस्त्रसंपाते धनुरुद्यम्य पाण्डवः।।1.20।।
"1.20 Then beholding the sons of Dhritarashtra, drawn up on the battle- field, ready to fight, Arjuna, whose flag bore the Hanuman," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1999 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1864 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1349
Malayalam Era: 1118
Nanakshahi: 473
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya243.45°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra23.82°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala220.03°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha254.29°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati90.62°KarkaPunarvasu P4
शुक्र Śukra252.18°DhanuMūla P4
शनि Śani44.97°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:45 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:13 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:42 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:58 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 27 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 32 Mins 38 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:22 – 06:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:53 – 06:45
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta13:43 – 14:25
Godhūli Muhūrta17:01 – 17:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:13 – 17:39
Amṛta Kāla16:58 – 18:43
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:20

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:22 – 10:40
Yamaganda13:17 – 14:36
Gulika Kāla06:45 – 08:04
Varjyam07:11 – 07:28
Dur Muhūrta 09:12 – 09:32

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:45 – 08:04 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:04 – 09:22 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:22 – 10:40 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:40 – 11:59 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:59 – 13:17 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:17 – 14:36 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:36 – 15:54 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:54 – 17:13 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:13 – 18:54 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:54 – 20:36 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:36 – 22:17 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:17 – 23:59 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:59 – 01:40 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:40 – 03:22 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:22 – 05:04 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:04 – 06:45 (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 Year5044 · Kali-5044
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1842247.27 · 5043.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2430712.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.0562° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)138.94° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (23.0562°) · declination -23.39° · EoT 2.32 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:1942-12-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)