पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · May 15, 1943 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: निर्जला एकादशी — Nirjalā Ekādaśī
Strictest Ekādaśī (no water for 24 hours); Bhīma's vrata. Confers fruit of all 24 Ekādaśīs.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.5 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

बहूनि मे व्यतीतानि जन्मानि तव चार्जुन।

तान्यहं वेद सर्वाणि न त्वं वेत्थ परन्तप।।4.5।।
"4.5 Lord Shri Krishna replied: I have been born again and again, from time to time; thou too,O Arjuna! My births are known to Me, but thou knowest not thine." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2000 Durmukhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1865 Subhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1350
Malayalam Era: 1119
Nanakshahi: 474
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya30.29°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
चन्द्र Candra149.73°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala328.49°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
बुध Budha43.34°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati88.53°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शुक्र Śukra71.80°MithunaĀrdrā P2
शनि Śani50.23°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:14 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:41 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:47 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:04 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 26 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 33 Mins 39 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:27 – 04:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:07 – 05:14
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta14:12 – 15:06
Godhūli Muhūrta18:29 – 18:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:41 – 19:14
Amṛta Kāla18:26 – 20:11
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:24

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:36 – 10:17
Yamaganda13:38 – 15:19
Gulika Kāla05:14 – 06:55
Varjyam05:48 – 06:09
Dur Muhūrta 08:22 – 08:49

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:14 – 06:55 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:55 – 08:36 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:36 – 10:17 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:17 – 11:57 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:57 – 13:38 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:38 – 15:19 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:19 – 17:00 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:00 – 18:41 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:41 – 20:00 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:00 – 21:19 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:19 – 22:38 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:38 – 23:57 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:57 – 01:17 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:17 – 02:36 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:36 – 03:55 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:55 – 05:14 (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 Year5045 · Kali-5045
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1842394.27 · 5044.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2430859.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.0619° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)120.33° · 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 (23.0619°) · declination 18.61° · EoT 3.76 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:1943-05-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)