पञ्चाङ्ग — Prayāgrāj (Allāhābād) · October 1, 2016 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: शारदीय नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Śāradīya Navrātri Start
Autumn Navrātri begins; Devī Mahiṣāsura-mardinī worship for 9 nights.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.22 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
पुरुषः स परः पार्थ भक्त्या लभ्यस्त्वनन्यया।

यस्यान्तःस्थानि भूतानि येन सर्वमिदं ततम्।।8.22।।
"8.22 O Arjuna! That Highest God, in Whom all beings abide, and Who pervades the entire universe, is reached only by wholehearted devotion. [The following material (between the asterisks) is an example of what may be a "doctored' inclusion. It does not jibe with the rest of the ma…" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya164.21°KanyāHasta P2
चन्द्र Candra164.53°KanyāHasta P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala248.19°DhanuMūla P3
बुध Budha146.49°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati159.99°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra194.74°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani227.34°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:54 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:49 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:51 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:57 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:49 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 54 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 05 Mins 09 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:19 – 05:06
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:54 – 05:54
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:15
Vijaya Muhūrta13:51 – 14:38
Godhūli Muhūrta17:37 – 18:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:49 – 18:19
Amṛta Kāla17:34 – 19:19
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:15

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:53 – 10:22
Yamaganda13:21 – 14:50
Gulika Kāla05:54 – 07:23
Varjyam06:24 – 06:43
Dur Muhūrta 08:41 – 09:05

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
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 Kāla05:54 – 07:23 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:23 – 08:53 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:53 – 10:22 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:22 – 11:51 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:51 – 13:21 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:21 – 14:50 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:50 – 16:20 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:20 – 17:49 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:49 – 19:20 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:20 – 20:50 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:50 – 22:21 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:21 – 23:51 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:51 – 01:22 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:22 – 02:53 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:53 – 04:23 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:23 – 05:54 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 25.4358°
Longitude: 81.8463°
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 Year5118 · Kali-5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869197.27 · 5117.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457662.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0870° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)2.01° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (24.0870°) · declination -3.29° · EoT 11.17 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:2016-10-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)