पञ्चाङ्ग — Amarnāth · 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

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:32 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:25 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:28 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:07 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:37 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 52 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 07 Mins 39 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:13 – 06:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:43 – 07:32
Abhijit Muhūrta12:09 – 12:48
Vijaya Muhūrta14:07 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta17:13 – 17:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:25 – 17:49
Amṛta Kāla17:10 – 18:55
Niśīta Muhūrta00:09 – 00:48

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:11 – 17:25
Yamaganda12:28 – 13:43
Gulika Kāla14:57 – 16:11
Varjyam07:57 – 08:13
Dur Muhūrta 09:51 – 10:10

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 Udveg07:32 – 08:46 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:46 – 10:00 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:00 – 11:14 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:14 – 12:28 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:28 – 13:43 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:43 – 14:57 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:57 – 16:11 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:11 – 17:25 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:25 – 19:11 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:11 – 20:57 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:57 – 22:43 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:43 – 00:28 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:28 – 02:14 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:14 – 04:00 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:00 – 05:46 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:46 – 07:32 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 34.2167°
Longitude: 75.5°
Timezone: UTC+5.5
Elevation: 3888 m

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)