पञ्चाङ्ग — Agra, Uttar Pradesh · January 4, 2016 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 2.14 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः।

आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत।।2.14।।
"2.14 Those external relations which bring cold and heat, pain and happiness, they come and go; they are not permanent. Endure them bravely, O Prince!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya259.02°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra188.54°TulāSvātī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala185.93°TulāCitrā P4
बुध Budha276.63°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati148.40°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra221.45°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani227.17°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:09 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:37 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:04 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:18 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 28 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 31 Mins 22 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:45 – 06:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:16 – 07:09
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:08 – 14:50
Godhūli Muhūrta17:25 – 17:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:37 – 18:04
Amṛta Kāla17:22 – 19:07
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:27 – 09:46
Yamaganda11:04 – 12:23
Gulika Kāla13:42 – 15:00
Varjyam07:35 – 07:52
Dur Muhūrta 09:35 – 09:56

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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 · 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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:09 – 08:27 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:27 – 09:46 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:46 – 11:04 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:04 – 12:23 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:23 – 13:42 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:42 – 15:00 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:00 – 16:19 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:19 – 17:37 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:37 – 19:19 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:19 – 21:00 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:00 – 22:42 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:42 – 00:23 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:23 – 02:04 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:04 – 03:46 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:46 – 05:27 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:27 – 07:09 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 27.1767°
Longitude: 78.0081°
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

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868926.27
Julian Day2457391.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0766°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)289.64°
🪷 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 (24.0766°), declination -22.79°, EoT -5.02 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: 2016-01-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)