पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · September 16, 1961 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
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🪷 आज: सुब्रह्मण्य षष्ठी — Subrahmaṇya Ṣaṣṭhī
Worship of Kārttikeya as Subrahmaṇya.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.6 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
न तद्भासयते सूर्यो न शशाङ्को न पावकः।यद्गत्वा न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम।।15.6।।
"15.6 Neither sun, moon, nor fire shines there. Those who go thither never come back. For, O Arjuna, that is my Celestial Home!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2018 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1883 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1368
Malayalam Era: 1137
Nanakshahi: 492
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya149.62°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
चन्द्र Candra217.36°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala176.66°KanyāCitrā P1
बुध Budha173.45°KanyāCitrā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati274.79°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra118.05°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शनि Śani270.68°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:46 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:05 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:06 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:46 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 18 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 41 Mins 11 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:07 – 04:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:44 – 05:46
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta13:58 – 14:48
Godhūli Muhūrta17:53 – 18:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:05 – 18:36
Amṛta Kāla17:50 – 19:35
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:20

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:51 – 10:23
Yamaganda13:28 – 15:00
Gulika Kāla05:46 – 07:18
Varjyam06:17 – 06:36
Dur Muhūrta 08:38 – 09:03

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (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 · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:46 – 07:18 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:18 – 08:51 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:51 – 10:23 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:23 – 11:55 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:55 – 13:28 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:28 – 15:00 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:00 – 16:32 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:32 – 18:05 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:05 – 19:32 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:32 – 21:00 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:00 – 22:28 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:28 – 23:55 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:55 – 01:23 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:23 – 02:51 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:51 – 04:18 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:18 – 05:46 (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 Year5063 · Kali-5063
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1849093.27 · 5062.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2437558.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.3181° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)71.01° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 6/30)
🪷 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 (23.3181°) · declination 2.80° · EoT 5.87 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:1961-09-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)