पञ्चाङ्ग — Agra, Uttar Pradesh · December 18, 2013 CE

🪷 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 1.15 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
पाञ्चजन्यं हृषीकेशो देवदत्तं धनंजयः।

पौण्ड्रं दध्मौ महाशङ्खं भीमकर्मा वृकोदरः।।1.15।।
"1.15 Lord Shri Krishna blew his Panchajanya and Arjuna his Devadatta, brave Bheema his renowned shell, Poundra." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya242.22°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra69.27°MithunaĀrdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala160.86°KanyāHasta P1
बुध Budha235.72°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati83.21°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra274.46°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani204.69°TulāViśākhā P2

Agra, Uttar Pradesh — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:02 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:28 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:49 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:38 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 25 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 34 Mins 16 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:39 – 06:21
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:10 – 07:02
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta13:59 – 14:41
Godhūli Muhūrta17:16 – 17:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:28 – 17:54
Amṛta Kāla17:13 – 18:58
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:15 – 13:33
Yamaganda08:21 – 09:39
Gulika Kāla10:57 – 12:15
Varjyam07:28 – 07:45
Dur Muhūrta 09:28 – 09:49

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:02 – 08:21 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:21 – 09:39 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:39 – 10:57 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:57 – 12:15 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:15 – 13:33 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:33 – 14:52 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:52 – 16:10 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:10 – 17:28 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:28 – 19:10 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:10 – 20:52 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:52 – 22:33 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:33 – 00:15 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:15 – 01:57 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:57 – 03:39 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:39 – 05:21 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:21 – 07:02 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 27.1767°
Longitude: 78.0081°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868179.27
Julian Day2456644.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0480°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)189.02°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0480°), declination -23.38°, EoT 2.79 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2013-12-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)