पञ्चाङ्ग — Dubai, UAE · January 1, 2011 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 8.25 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
धूमो रात्रिस्तथा कृष्णः षण्मासा दक्षिणायनम्।

तत्र चान्द्रमसं ज्योतिर्योगी प्राप्य निवर्तते।।8.25।।
"8.25 But if he departs in gloom, at night, during the fortnight of the waning moon and in the six months before the Southern solstice, then he reaches but lunar light and he will be born again." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.25's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya256.25°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra215.84°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala264.26°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha235.55°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati332.61°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra209.38°TulāViśākhā P3
शनि Śani172.40°KanyāHasta P4

Dubai, UAE — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · GST/MUT)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:05 GST/MUT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:41 GST/MUT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 GST/MUT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:18 GST/MUT
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:04 GST/MUT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 35 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 24 Mins 13 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:40 – 06:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:12 – 07:05
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:09 – 14:51
Godhūli Muhūrta17:29 – 17:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:41 – 18:07
Amṛta Kāla17:26 – 19:11
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:44 – 11:03
Yamaganda13:42 – 15:02
Gulika Kāla07:05 – 08:24
Varjyam07:31 – 07:48
Dur Muhūrta 09:33 – 09:54

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (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 · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:05 – 08:24 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:24 – 09:44 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:44 – 11:03 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:03 – 12:23 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:23 – 13:42 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:42 – 15:02 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:02 – 16:21 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:21 – 17:41 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:41 – 19:21 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:21 – 21:02 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:02 – 22:42 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:42 – 00:23 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:23 – 02:03 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:03 – 03:44 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:44 – 05:24 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:24 – 07:05 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 25.2048°
Longitude: 55.2708°
Timezone: UTC+4

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

Kali Year5112
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867097.27
Julian Day2455562.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0067°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)319.84°
🪷 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 (24.0067°), declination -23.04°, EoT -3.71 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: 2011-01-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)