पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · December 22, 2009 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 18.38 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम्।परिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम्।।18.38।।
"18.38 That which as first is like nectar, because the senses revel in their objects, but in the end acts like poison - that pleasure arises from Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
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)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya246.32°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra306.58°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala115.54°KarkaAśleṣā P3
बुध Budha266.07°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati300.69°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra241.20°DhanuMūla P1
शनि Śani159.96°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:30 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:16 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:53 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:10 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:38 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 46 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 13 Mins 43 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:04 – 06:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:36 – 07:30
Abhijit Muhūrta12:32 – 13:15
Vijaya Muhūrta14:41 – 15:24
Godhūli Muhūrta18:04 – 18:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:16 – 18:43
Amṛta Kāla18:01 – 19:46
Niśīta Muhūrta00:32 – 01:15

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:35 – 16:56
Yamaganda10:12 – 11:32
Gulika Kāla12:53 – 14:14
Varjyam07:57 – 08:14
Dur Muhūrta 10:01 – 10:22

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (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 Roga07:30 – 08:51 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:51 – 10:12 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:12 – 11:32 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:32 – 12:53 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:53 – 14:14 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:14 – 15:35 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:35 – 16:56 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:56 – 18:16 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:16 – 19:56 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:56 – 21:35 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:35 – 23:14 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:14 – 00:53 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:53 – 02:32 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:32 – 04:12 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:12 – 05:51 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:51 – 07:30 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 22.2393°
Longitude: 68.9686°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

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 Year5111
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866722.27
Julian Day2455187.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9923°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)64.15°
🪷 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 (23.9923°), declination -23.44°, EoT 0.91 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: 2009-12-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)