पञ्चाङ्ग — Ajmer, Rajasthan · December 25, 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 11.3 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
एवमेतद्यथात्थ त्वमात्मानं परमेश्वर।

द्रष्टुमिच्छामि ते रूपमैश्वरं पुरुषोत्तम।।11.3।।
"11.3 I believe all as Thou hast declared it. I long now to have a vision of thy Divine Form, O Thou Most High!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.3'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 Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya249.58°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra202.92°TulāViśākhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala309.93°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
बुध Budha257.89°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati175.75°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra295.52°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani236.29°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

Ajmer, Rajasthan — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:17 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:46 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:32 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:57 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:53 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 28 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 31 Mins 06 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:54 – 06:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:25 – 07:17
Abhijit Muhūrta12:11 – 12:53
Vijaya Muhūrta14:17 – 14:59
Godhūli Muhūrta17:34 – 17:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:46 – 18:13
Amṛta Kāla17:31 – 19:16
Niśīta Muhūrta00:11 – 00:53

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:28 – 17:46
Yamaganda12:32 – 13:51
Gulika Kāla15:09 – 16:28
Varjyam07:44 – 08:00
Dur Muhūrta 09:44 – 10:05

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
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 · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:17 – 08:36 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:36 – 09:55 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:55 – 11:13 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:13 – 12:32 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:32 – 13:51 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:51 – 15:09 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:09 – 16:28 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:28 – 17:46 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:46 – 19:28 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:28 – 21:09 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:09 – 22:51 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:51 – 00:32 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:32 – 02:13 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:13 – 03:55 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:55 – 05:36 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:36 – 07:17 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 26.4499°
Longitude: 74.6399°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869282.27
Julian Day2457747.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0902°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)311.49°
🪷 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 (24.0902°), declination -23.39°, EoT -0.49 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: 2016-12-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)