पञ्चाङ्ग — London, UK · January 1, 2025 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 14.18 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्त्वस्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसाः।जघन्यगुणवृत्तिस्था अधो गच्छन्ति तामसाः।।14.18।।
"14.18 When Purity is in the ascendant, the man evolves; when Passion, he neither evolves nor degenerates; when Ignorance, he is lost." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2082 Kālayukta
Śaka Saṁvat: 1947 Viśvāvasu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1432
Malayalam Era: 1201
Nanakshahi: 556
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya256.67°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra270.31°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala97.34°KarkaPuṣya P2
बुध Budha235.27°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati48.97°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra303.21°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani320.42°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1

London, UK — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:06 UTC
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:02 UTC
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 UTC
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:51 UTC
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:06 UTC
Dinamāna (Day Duration)7 Hours 55 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)16 Hours 04 Mins 21 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:03 – 07:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:27 – 08:06
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta13:23 – 13:55
Godhūli Muhūrta15:50 – 16:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:02 – 16:22
Amṛta Kāla15:47 – 17:32
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:04 – 13:04
Yamaganda09:06 – 10:05
Gulika Kāla11:05 – 12:04
Varjyam08:26 – 08:39
Dur Muhūrta 09:57 – 10:13

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha08:06 – 09:06 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta09:06 – 10:05 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:05 – 11:05 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:05 – 12:04 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:04 – 13:04 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:04 – 14:03 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:03 – 15:03 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:03 – 16:02 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:02 – 18:03 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:03 – 20:03 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:03 – 22:04 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:04 – 00:04 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:04 – 02:05 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:05 – 04:05 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:05 – 06:06 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg06:06 – 08:06 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5074°
Longitude: -0.1278°
Timezone: UTC+0

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 Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872211.27
Julian Day2460676.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2023°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)12.73°
🪷 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 (24.2023°), declination -22.99°, EoT -3.71 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: 2025-01-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)