पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · January 8, 2146 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: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.9 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
एतां दृष्टिमवष्टभ्य नष्टात्मानोऽल्पबुद्धयः।प्रभवन्त्युग्रकर्माणः क्षयाय जगतोऽहिताः।।16.9।।
"16.9 Thinking thus, these degraded souls, these enemies of mankind - whose intelligence is negligible and whose deeds are monstrous - come into the world only to destroy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2203 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 2068 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1553
Malayalam Era: 1322
Nanakshahi: 677
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya261.73°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra197.13°TulāSvātī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala214.31°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
बुध Budha270.67°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati132.42°SiṃhaMaghā P4
शुक्र Śukra269.08°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani358.48°MīnaRevatī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:52 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:24 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:20 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:19 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 32 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 27 Mins 18 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:27 – 06:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:59 – 06:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:47 – 12:29
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:36
Godhūli Muhūrta17:12 – 17:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:24 – 17:51
Amṛta Kāla17:09 – 18:54
Niśīta Muhūrta23:47 – 00:29

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:30 – 10:49
Yamaganda13:27 – 14:46
Gulika Kāla06:52 – 08:11
Varjyam07:18 – 07:35
Dur Muhūrta 09:19 – 09:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:52 – 08:11 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:11 – 09:30 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:30 – 10:49 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:49 – 12:08 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:08 – 13:27 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:27 – 14:46 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:46 – 16:05 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:05 – 17:24 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:24 – 19:05 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:05 – 20:46 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:46 – 22:27 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:27 – 00:08 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:08 – 01:49 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:49 – 03:30 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:30 – 05:11 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:11 – 06:52 (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 Year5247 · Kali-5247
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1916412.27 · 5247.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2504877.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)25.8928° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)298.58° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 25/30)
🪷 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 (25.8928°) · declination -22.28° · EoT -6.70 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:2146-01-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)