पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · May 23, 1996 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: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.12 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
अभिसंधाय तु फलं दम्भार्थमपि चैव यत्।इज्यते भरतश्रेष्ठ तं यज्ञं विद्धि राजसम्।।17.12।।
"17.12 Sacrifice which is performed for the sake of its results, or for self-glorification - that, O best of Aryans, is the product of Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya38.39°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
चन्द्र Candra100.41°KarkaPuṣya P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala21.34°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
बुध Budha26.67°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati263.43°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra64.46°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
शनि Śani341.01°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:10 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:46 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:58 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:23 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:49 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 35 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 24 Mins 19 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:21 – 04:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:02 – 05:10
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta14:14 – 15:08
Godhūli Muhūrta18:34 – 18:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:46 – 19:20
Amṛta Kāla18:31 – 20:16
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:25

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:40 – 15:22
Yamaganda05:10 – 06:52
Gulika Kāla08:34 – 10:16
Varjyam05:44 – 06:06
Dur Muhūrta 08:20 – 08:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:10 – 06:52 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:52 – 08:34 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:34 – 10:16 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:16 – 11:58 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:58 – 13:40 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:40 – 15:22 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:22 – 17:04 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:04 – 18:46 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:46 – 20:04 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:04 – 21:22 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:22 – 22:40 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:40 – 23:58 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:58 – 01:16 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:16 – 02:34 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:34 – 03:52 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:52 – 05:10 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861761.27 · 5097.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450226.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8026° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)65.11° · 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 (23.8026°) · declination 20.60° · EoT 3.40 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:1996-05-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)