पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · January 12, 2255 CE

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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 11.24 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
नभःस्पृशं दीप्तमनेकवर्णं

व्यात्ताननं दीप्तविशालनेत्रम्।

दृष्ट्वा हि त्वां प्रव्यथितान्तरात्मा

धृतिं न विन्दामि शमं च विष्णो।।11.24।।
"11.24 When I see Thee, touching the Heavens, glowing with colour, with open mouth and wide open fiery eyes, I am terrified. O My Lord! My courage and peace of mind desert me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2312 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 2177 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1662
Malayalam Era: 1431
Nanakshahi: 786
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya263.82°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra296.33°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala203.29°TulāViśākhā P1
बुध Budha240.61°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati194.20°TulāSvātī P3
शुक्र Śukra295.98°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani259.31°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:52 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:27 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:09 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:45 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:54 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 35 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 24 Mins 52 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:27 – 06:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:59 – 06:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta13:55 – 14:38
Godhūli Muhūrta17:15 – 17:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:27 – 17:53
Amṛta Kāla17:12 – 18:57
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:31

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:50 – 12:09
Yamaganda14:48 – 16:08
Gulika Kāla08:11 – 09:31
Varjyam07:18 – 07:35
Dur Muhūrta 09:20 – 09:41

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:52 – 08:11 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:11 – 09:31 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:31 – 10:50 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:50 – 12:09 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:09 – 13:29 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:29 – 14:48 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:48 – 16:08 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:08 – 17:27 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:27 – 19:08 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:08 – 20:48 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:48 – 22:29 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:29 – 00:09 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:09 – 01:50 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:50 – 03:31 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:31 – 05:11 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:11 – 06:52 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5356 · Kali-5356
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1956227.27 · 5356.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2544692.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)27.4156° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)31.31° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 3/30)
🪷 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 (27.4156°) · declination -21.76° · EoT -8.27 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:2255-01-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)