पञ्चाङ्ग — Dubai, UAE · December 28, 2022 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 13.19 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
इति क्षेत्रं तथा ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं चोक्तं समासतः।मद्भक्त एतद्विज्ञाय मद्भावायोपपद्यते।।13.19।।
"13.19 Thus I have told thee in brief what Matter is, and the Self worth realising and what is Wisdom. He who is devoted to Me knows; and assuredly he will enter into Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya252.09°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra316.32°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala45.33°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
बुध Budha269.81°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati336.57°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra267.95°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani297.93°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:03 GST/MUT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:38 GST/MUT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 GST/MUT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:50 GST/MUT
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:26 GST/MUT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 34 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 25 Mins 20 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:39 – 06:21
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:11 – 07:03
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:07 – 14:49
Godhūli Muhūrta17:26 – 17:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:38 – 18:05
Amṛta Kāla17:23 – 19:08
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:21 – 13:40
Yamaganda08:23 – 09:42
Gulika Kāla11:01 – 12:21
Varjyam07:30 – 07:47
Dur Muhūrta 09:32 – 09:53

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (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 · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:03 – 08:23 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:23 – 09:42 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:42 – 11:01 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:01 – 12:21 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:21 – 13:40 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:40 – 14:59 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:59 – 16:19 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:19 – 17:38 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:38 – 19:19 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:19 – 20:59 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:59 – 22:40 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:40 – 00:21 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:21 – 02:01 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:01 – 03:42 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:42 – 05:23 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:23 – 07:03 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871476.27
Julian Day2459941.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1741°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)60.75°
🪷 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 (24.1741°), declination -23.29°, EoT -1.89 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: 2022-12-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)