पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · December 30, 2012 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 9.25 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
यान्ति देवव्रता देवान् पितृ़न्यान्ति पितृव्रताः।

भूतानि यान्ति भूतेज्या यान्ति मद्याजिनोऽपि माम्।।9.25।।
"9.25 The votaries of the lesser Powers go to them; the devotees of spirits go to them; they who worship the Powers of Darkness, to such Powers shall they go; and so, too, those who worship Me shall come to Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.25's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya254.71°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra92.52°KarkaPunarvasu P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala278.98°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha243.39°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati43.53°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra233.12°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani195.09°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:33 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:57 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:30 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:47 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 47 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 12 Mins 36 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:07 – 06:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:39 – 07:33
Abhijit Muhūrta12:35 – 13:19
Vijaya Muhūrta14:45 – 15:28
Godhūli Muhūrta18:09 – 18:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:21 – 18:48
Amṛta Kāla18:06 – 19:51
Niśīta Muhūrta00:35 – 01:19

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:00 – 18:21
Yamaganda12:57 – 14:18
Gulika Kāla15:39 – 17:00
Varjyam08:00 – 08:17
Dur Muhūrta 10:04 – 10:26

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
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 · 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 · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:33 – 08:54 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:54 – 10:15 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:15 – 11:36 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:36 – 12:57 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:57 – 14:18 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:18 – 15:39 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:39 – 17:00 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:00 – 18:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:21 – 20:00 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:00 – 21:39 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:39 – 23:18 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:18 – 00:57 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:57 – 02:36 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:36 – 04:15 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:15 – 05:54 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:54 – 07:33 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

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 Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867826.27
Julian Day2456291.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0345°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)199.42°
🪷 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 (24.0345°), declination -23.15°, EoT -2.80 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: 2012-12-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)