पञ्चाङ्ग — Ayodhyā · March 17, 2259 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: सीताष्टमी — Sītāṣṭamī
Birth-anniversary of Sītā per Phālguna-Kṛṣṇa-Aṣṭamī tradition.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.10 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
उत्क्रामन्तं स्थितं वापि भुञ्जानं वा गुणान्वितम्।विमूढा नानुपश्यन्ति पश्यन्ति ज्ञानचक्षुषः।।15.10।।
"15.10 The ignorant do not see that it is He Who is present in life and Who departs at death or even that it is He Who enjoys pleasure through the Qualities. Only the eye of wisdom sees." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2316 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 2181 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1666
Malayalam Era: 1435
Nanakshahi: 790
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya328.50°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra241.10°DhanuMūla P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala279.82°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha311.10°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati312.47°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra303.02°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani307.74°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:10 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:10 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:08 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:33 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 01 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 59 Mins 00 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:34 – 05:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:10 – 06:10
Abhijit Muhūrta11:46 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta14:10 – 14:58
Godhūli Muhūrta17:59 – 18:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:11 – 18:41
Amṛta Kāla17:56 – 19:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:46 – 00:34

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:40 – 15:10
Yamaganda06:10 – 07:40
Gulika Kāla09:10 – 10:40
Varjyam06:40 – 06:59
Dur Muhūrta 08:58 – 09:22

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:10 – 07:40 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:40 – 09:10 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:10 – 10:40 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:40 – 12:10 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:10 – 13:40 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:40 – 15:10 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:10 – 16:41 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:41 – 18:11 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:11 – 19:41 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:41 – 21:10 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:10 – 22:40 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:40 – 00:10 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:10 – 01:40 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:40 – 03:10 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:10 – 04:40 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:40 – 06:10 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

🌌 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 Year5360 · Kali-5360
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1957752.27 · 5360.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2546217.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)27.4739° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)269.18° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30)
🪷 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 (27.4739°) · declination -1.60° · EoT -9.06 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:2259-03-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)