पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · March 3, 1969 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: 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 12.9 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
अथ चित्तं समाधातुं न शक्नोषि मयि स्थिरम्।अभ्यासयोगेन ततो मामिच्छाप्तुं धनञ्जय।।12.9।।
"12.9 But if thou canst not fix thy mind firmly on Me, then, My beloved friend, try to do so by constant practice." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2026 Dundubhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1891 Saumya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1376
Malayalam Era: 1145
Nanakshahi: 500
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya318.87°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra124.90°SiṃhaMaghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala219.57°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha293.70°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati160.59°KanyāHasta P1
शुक्र Śukra359.64°MīnaRevatī P4
शनि Śani0.06°MeṣaAśvinī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:24 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:03 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:51 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:45 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 39 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 20 Mins 42 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:51 – 05:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:26 – 06:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta14:10 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta17:51 – 18:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:03 – 18:33
Amṛta Kāla17:48 – 19:33
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:37

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:52 – 09:19
Yamaganda10:46 – 12:14
Gulika Kāla13:41 – 15:09
Varjyam06:53 – 07:12
Dur Muhūrta 09:07 – 09:31

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
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 Amṛta06:24 – 07:52 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:52 – 09:19 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:19 – 10:46 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:46 – 12:14 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:14 – 13:41 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:41 – 15:09 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:09 – 16:36 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:36 – 18:03 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:03 – 19:36 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:36 – 21:09 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:09 – 22:41 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:41 – 00:14 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:14 – 01:46 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:46 – 03:19 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:19 – 04:52 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:52 – 06:24 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5070 · Kali-5070
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1851818.27 · 5070.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2440283.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4223° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)165.05° · 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 (23.4223°) · declination -6.95° · EoT -12.65 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:1969-03-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)