पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · January 16, 2000 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.14 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
यदा सत्त्वे प्रवृद्धे तु प्रलयं याति देहभृत्।तदोत्तमविदां लोकानमलान्प्रतिपद्यते।।14.14।।
"14.14 When Purity prevails, the soul on quitting the body passes on to the pure regions where live those who know the Highest." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2057 Vijaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1922 Vikrama
Bengali Saṁvat: 1407
Malayalam Era: 1176
Nanakshahi: 531
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya271.35°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra20.25°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala315.38°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
बुध Budha271.39°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati2.34°MeṣaAśvinī P1
शुक्र Śukra235.40°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani16.37°MeṣaBharaṇī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:52 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:30 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:11 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:50 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:03 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 38 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 21 Mins 44 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:27 – 06:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:59 – 06:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:50 – 12:32
Vijaya Muhūrta13:57 – 14:40
Godhūli Muhūrta17:18 – 17:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:30 – 17:57
Amṛta Kāla17:15 – 19:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:50 – 00:32

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:10 – 17:30
Yamaganda12:11 – 13:31
Gulika Kāla14:50 – 16:10
Varjyam07:18 – 07:35
Dur Muhūrta 09:21 – 09:42

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:52 – 08:12 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:12 – 09:31 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:31 – 10:51 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:51 – 12:11 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:11 – 13:31 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:31 – 14:50 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:50 – 16:10 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:10 – 17:30 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:30 – 19:10 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:10 – 20:50 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:50 – 22:31 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:31 – 00:11 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:11 – 01:51 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:51 – 03:31 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:31 – 05:12 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:12 – 06:52 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 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 Year5101 · Kali-5101
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863094.27 · 5101.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451559.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8536° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)112.09° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 10/30)
🪷 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 (23.8536°) · declination -21.09° · EoT -9.69 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:2000-01-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)