पञ्चाङ्ग — Dubai, UAE · December 12, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.21 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम्।

कथं स पुरुषः पार्थ कं घातयति हन्ति कम्।।2.21।।
"2.21 He who knows the Spirit as Indestructible, Immortal, Unborn, Always-the-Same, how should he kill or cause to be killed?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya236.09°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra166.58°KanyāHasta P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala187.27°TulāSvātī P1
बुध Budha238.35°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati198.93°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra229.08°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani244.79°DhanuMūla P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:56 GST/MUT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:31 GST/MUT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 GST/MUT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:41 GST/MUT
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:30 GST/MUT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 35 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 24 Mins 23 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:31 – 06:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:03 – 06:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:52 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta13:59 – 14:42
Godhūli Muhūrta17:19 – 17:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:31 – 17:58
Amṛta Kāla17:16 – 19:01
Niśīta Muhūrta23:52 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:52 – 16:12
Yamaganda09:34 – 10:54
Gulika Kāla12:13 – 13:33
Varjyam07:22 – 07:39
Dur Muhūrta 09:24 – 09:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:56 – 08:15 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:15 – 09:34 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:34 – 10:54 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:54 – 12:13 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:13 – 13:33 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:33 – 14:52 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:52 – 16:12 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:12 – 17:31 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:31 – 19:12 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:12 – 20:52 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:52 – 22:33 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:33 – 00:13 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:13 – 01:54 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:54 – 03:34 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:34 – 05:15 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:15 – 06:56 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869634.27
Julian Day2458099.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1037°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)287.71°
🪷 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 (24.1037°), declination -23.07°, EoT 5.54 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: 2017-12-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)