पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · December 18, 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 13.9 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
इन्द्रियार्थेषु वैराग्यमनहङ्कार एव च।जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिदुःखदोषानुदर्शनम्।।13.9।।
"13.9 Renunciation of the delights of sense, absence of pride, right understanding of the painful problem of birth and death, of age and sickness;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya241.91°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra171.28°KanyāHasta P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala48.06°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
बुध Budha261.31°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati335.62°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra255.41°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani297.03°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:28 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:15 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:51 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:01 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 46 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 13 Mins 30 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:02 – 06:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:34 – 07:28
Abhijit Muhūrta12:30 – 13:13
Vijaya Muhūrta14:39 – 15:22
Godhūli Muhūrta18:03 – 18:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:15 – 18:42
Amṛta Kāla18:00 – 19:45
Niśīta Muhūrta00:30 – 01:13

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:54 – 18:15
Yamaganda12:51 – 14:12
Gulika Kāla15:33 – 16:54
Varjyam07:55 – 08:12
Dur Muhūrta 09:59 – 10:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:28 – 08:49 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:49 – 10:10 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:10 – 11:31 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:31 – 12:51 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:51 – 14:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:12 – 15:33 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:33 – 16:54 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:54 – 18:15 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:15 – 19:54 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:54 – 21:33 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:33 – 23:12 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:12 – 00:51 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:51 – 02:31 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:31 – 04:10 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:10 – 05:49 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:49 – 07:28 (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 Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871466.27
Julian Day2459931.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1738°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)292.06°
🪷 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 (24.1738°), declination -23.38°, EoT 2.79 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: 2022-12-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)