पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · April 20, 1974 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: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.16 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
नात्यश्नतस्तु योगोऽस्ति न चैकान्तमनश्नतः।

न चातिस्वप्नशीलस्य जाग्रतो नैव चार्जुन।।6.16।।
"6.16 Meditation is not for him who eats too much, not for him who eats not at all; not for him who is overmuch addicted to sleep, not for him who is always awake." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2031 Prabhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1896 Ānanda
Bengali Saṁvat: 1381
Malayalam Era: 1150
Nanakshahi: 505
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya6.09°MeṣaAśvinī P2
चन्द्र Candra336.90°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala66.71°MithunaĀrdrā P1
बुध Budha351.10°MīnaRevatī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati316.01°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra320.76°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani66.77°MithunaĀrdrā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:33 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:27 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:00 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:01 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:06 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 54 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 05 Mins 54 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:50 – 04:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:29 – 05:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:34 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta14:09 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta18:15 – 18:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:27 – 19:00
Amṛta Kāla18:12 – 19:57
Niśīta Muhūrta23:34 – 00:26

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:47 – 10:23
Yamaganda13:37 – 15:14
Gulika Kāla05:33 – 07:10
Varjyam06:05 – 06:26
Dur Muhūrta 08:34 – 09:00

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
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):
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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:33 – 07:10 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:10 – 08:47 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:47 – 10:23 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:23 – 12:00 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:00 – 13:37 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:37 – 15:14 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:14 – 16:51 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:51 – 18:27 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:27 – 19:51 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:51 – 21:14 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:14 – 22:37 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:37 – 00:00 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:00 – 01:23 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:23 – 02:47 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:47 – 04:10 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:10 – 05:33 (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 Year5076 · Kali-5076
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1853692.27 · 5075.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2442157.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4940° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)329.92° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (23.4940°) · declination 11.32° · EoT 0.97 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:1974-04-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)