पञ्चाङ्ग — Houston, USA · January 4, 2027 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 16.3 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
तेजः क्षमा धृतिः शौचमद्रोहो नातिमानिता।

भवन्ति सम्पदं दैवीमभिजातस्य भारत।।16.3।।
"16.3 Valour, forgiveness, fortitude, purity, freedom from hate and vanity; these are his who possesses the Godly Qualities, O Arjuna!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2084 Raudra
Śaka Saṁvat: 1949 Plavaṅga
Bengali Saṁvat: 1434
Malayalam Era: 1203
Nanakshahi: 558
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya259.20°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra217.81°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala135.53°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha260.25°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati121.79°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शुक्र Śukra211.90°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शनि Śani344.28°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

Houston, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-6)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:18 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:35 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:27 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:28 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:54 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 17 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 42 Mins 29 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:55 – 06:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:26 – 07:18
Abhijit Muhūrta12:06 – 12:47
Vijaya Muhūrta14:09 – 14:51
Godhūli Muhūrta17:23 – 17:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:35 – 18:01
Amṛta Kāla17:20 – 19:05
Niśīta Muhūrta00:06 – 00:47

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:35 – 09:52
Yamaganda11:09 – 12:27
Gulika Kāla13:44 – 15:01
Varjyam07:43 – 08:00
Dur Muhūrta 09:42 – 10:02

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (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 · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:18 – 08:35 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:35 – 09:52 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:52 – 11:09 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:09 – 12:27 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:27 – 13:44 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:44 – 15:01 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:01 – 16:18 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:18 – 17:35 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:35 – 19:18 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:18 – 21:01 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:01 – 22:44 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:44 – 00:27 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:27 – 02:09 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:09 – 03:52 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:52 – 05:35 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:35 – 07:18 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 29.7604°
Longitude: -95.3698°
Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872944.27
Julian Day2461409.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2303°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)316.69°
🪷 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 (24.2303°), declination -22.76°, EoT -5.02 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: 2027-01-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)