पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · October 24, 2117 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: नरक चतुर्दशी — Naraka Caturdaśī (Choṭī Diwālī)
Krishna slew Narakāsura, freeing 16,000 captive princesses. Day 2 of Diwali.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.44 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयापहृतचेतसाम्।

व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः समाधौ न विधीयते।।2.44।।
"2.44 While their minds are absorbed with ideas of power and personal enjoyment, they cannot concentrate their discrimination on one point." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.44's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2174 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 2039 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1524
Malayalam Era: 1293
Nanakshahi: 648
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya185.09°TulāCitrā P4
चन्द्र Candra165.66°KanyāHasta P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala187.12°TulāSvātī P1
बुध Budha205.87°TulāViśākhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati338.75°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra227.63°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani23.15°MeṣaBharaṇī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:05 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:25 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:45 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:34 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:21 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 19 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 40 Mins 17 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:35 – 05:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:09 – 06:05
Abhijit Muhūrta11:22 – 12:08
Vijaya Muhūrta13:38 – 14:24
Godhūli Muhūrta17:13 – 17:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:25 – 17:53
Amṛta Kāla17:10 – 18:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:22 – 00:08

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:00 – 17:25
Yamaganda11:45 – 13:10
Gulika Kāla14:35 – 16:00
Varjyam06:33 – 06:52
Dur Muhūrta 08:44 – 09:06

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:05 – 07:30 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:30 – 08:55 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:55 – 10:20 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:20 – 11:45 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:45 – 13:10 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:10 – 14:35 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:35 – 16:00 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:00 – 17:25 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:25 – 19:00 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:00 – 20:35 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:35 – 22:10 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:10 – 23:45 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:45 – 01:20 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:20 – 02:55 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:55 – 04:30 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:30 – 06:05 (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 Year5219 · Kali-5219
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1906109.27 · 5218.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2494574.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)25.4987° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)341.79° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (25.4987°) · declination -11.68° · EoT 16.15 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:2117-10-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)