पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · April 12, 1974 CE

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🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.8 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
ज्ञानविज्ञानतृप्तात्मा कूटस्थो विजितेन्द्रियः।

युक्त इत्युच्यते योगी समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः।।6.8।।
"6.8 He who desires nothing but wisdom and spiritual insight, who has conquered his senses and who looks with the same eye upon a lump of earth, a stone or fine gold, is a real saint." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2031 Prabhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1896 Ānanda
Bengali Saṁvat: 1381
Malayalam Era: 1150
Nanakshahi: 505
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya358.26°MīnaRevatī P4
चन्द्र Candra240.04°DhanuMūla P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala61.97°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
बुध Budha337.43°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati314.42°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra312.37°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शनि Śani66.14°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:41 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:23 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:02 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:57 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:22 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 42 Mins 07 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 17 Mins 53 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:00 – 04:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:38 – 05:41
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:28
Vijaya Muhūrta14:09 – 15:00
Godhūli Muhūrta18:11 – 18:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:23 – 18:55
Amṛta Kāla18:08 – 19:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:28

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:27 – 12:02
Yamaganda15:13 – 16:48
Gulika Kāla07:16 – 08:52
Varjyam06:13 – 06:33
Dur Muhūrta 08:39 – 09:04

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:41 – 07:16 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:16 – 08:52 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:52 – 10:27 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:27 – 12:02 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:02 – 13:37 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:37 – 15:13 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:13 – 16:48 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:48 – 18:23 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:23 – 19:48 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:48 – 21:13 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:13 – 22:37 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:37 – 00:02 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:02 – 01:27 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:27 – 02:52 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:52 – 04:16 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:16 – 05:41 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5075 · Kali-5075
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1853684.27 · 5075.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2442149.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4937° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)242.66° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 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 (23.4937°) · declination 8.48° · EoT -1.04 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:1974-04-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)