पञ्चाङ्ग — London, UK · January 1, 2026 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 5.2 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

संन्यासः कर्मयोगश्च निःश्रेयसकरावुभौ।

तयोस्तु कर्मसंन्यासात्कर्मयोगो विशिष्यते।।5.2।।
"5.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Renunciation of action and the path of right action both lead to the highest; of the two, right action is the better." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya256.40°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra43.03°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala258.12°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha244.12°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati86.99°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शुक्र Śukra254.71°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani332.04°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:07 UTC
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:02 UTC
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 UTC
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:47 UTC
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:54 UTC
Dinamāna (Day Duration)7 Hours 55 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)16 Hours 04 Mins 37 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:03 – 07:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:27 – 08:07
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 Kāla13:04 – 14:03
Yamaganda08:07 – 09:06
Gulika Kāla10:05 – 11:05
Varjyam08:26 – 08:39
Dur Muhūrta 09:57 – 10:13

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha08:07 – 09:06 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga09:06 – 10:05 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg10:05 – 11:05 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:05 – 12:04 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:04 – 13:04 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:04 – 14:03 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:03 – 15:02 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:02 – 16:02 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:02 – 18:02 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:02 – 20:03 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:03 – 22:04 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:04 – 00:04 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:04 – 02:05 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:05 – 04:05 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha04:05 – 06:06 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta06:06 – 08:07 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Trayodaśī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5127
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872576.27
Julian Day2461041.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2162°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)148.96°
🪷 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 (24.2162°), declination -23.01°, 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: 2026-01-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)