पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · April 5, 1978 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: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.13 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
त्रिभिर्गुणमयैर्भावैरेभिः सर्वमिदं जगत्।

मोहितं नाभिजानाति मामेभ्यः परमव्ययम्।।7.13।।
"7.13 The inhabitants of the world, misled by those natures which the Qualities have engendered, know not that I am higher than them all, and that I do not change." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2035 Prajāpati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1900 Kālayukta
Bengali Saṁvat: 1385
Malayalam Era: 1154
Nanakshahi: 509
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya351.36°MīnaRevatī P2
चन्द्र Candra318.99°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala94.89°KarkaPuṣya P1
बुध Budha2.47°MeṣaAśvinī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati65.26°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
शुक्र Śukra9.45°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शनि Śani120.40°SiṃhaMaghā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:49 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:20 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:06 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:44 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 31 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 28 Mins 39 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:08 – 04:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:46 – 05:49
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:29
Vijaya Muhūrta14:10 – 15:00
Godhūli Muhūrta18:08 – 18:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:20 – 18:51
Amṛta Kāla18:05 – 19:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:29

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:04 – 13:38
Yamaganda07:23 – 08:56
Gulika Kāla10:30 – 12:04
Varjyam06:20 – 06:40
Dur Muhūrta 08:44 – 09:09

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:49 – 07:23 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:23 – 08:56 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:56 – 10:30 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:30 – 12:04 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:04 – 13:38 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:38 – 15:12 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:12 – 16:46 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:46 – 18:20 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:20 – 19:46 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:46 – 21:12 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:12 – 22:38 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:38 – 00:04 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:04 – 01:30 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:30 – 02:56 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:56 – 04:23 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:23 – 05:49 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5079 · Kali-5079
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1855138.27 · 5079.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2443603.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5493° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)328.72° · 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 (23.5493°) · declination 5.87° · EoT -3.10 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:1978-04-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)