पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · October 27, 2228 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: 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 18.56 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सर्वकर्माण्यपि सदा कुर्वाणो मद्व्यपाश्रयः।मत्प्रसादादवाप्नोति शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम्।।18.56।।
"18.56 Relying on Me in all his action and doing them for My sake, he attains, by My Grace, Eternal and Unchangeable Life." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.56's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2285 Vṛṣa
Śaka Saṁvat: 2150 Vibhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1635
Malayalam Era: 1404
Nanakshahi: 759
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)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya186.64°TulāCitrā P4
चन्द्र Candra165.31°KanyāHasta P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala190.11°TulāSvātī P2
बुध Budha199.80°TulāSvātī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati124.95°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शुक्र Śukra162.44°KanyāHasta P1
शनि Śani290.18°MakaraŚravaṇa P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:07 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:22 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:45 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:27 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:12 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 15 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 44 Mins 47 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:37 – 05:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:11 – 06:07
Abhijit Muhūrta11:22 – 12:07
Vijaya Muhūrta13:37 – 14:22
Godhūli Muhūrta17:10 – 17:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:22 – 17:51
Amṛta Kāla17:07 – 18:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:22 – 00:07

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:32 – 08:56
Yamaganda10:20 – 11:45
Gulika Kāla13:09 – 14:34
Varjyam06:35 – 06:53
Dur Muhūrta 08:45 – 09:07

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
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 Amṛta06:07 – 07:32 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:32 – 08:56 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:56 – 10:20 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:20 – 11:45 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:45 – 13:09 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:09 – 14:34 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:34 – 15:58 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:58 – 17:22 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:22 – 18:58 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:58 – 20:34 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:34 – 22:09 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:09 – 23:45 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:45 – 01:20 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:20 – 02:56 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:56 – 04:32 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:32 – 06:07 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5330 · Kali-5330
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1946654.27 · 5329.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2535119.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)27.0494° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)338.28° · 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 (27.0494°) · declination -12.74° · EoT 16.36 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:2228-10-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)