पञ्चाङ्ग — Lumbinī · December 18, 2011 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 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 18.63 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
इति ते ज्ञानमाख्यातं गुह्याद्गुह्यतरं मया।विमृश्यैतदशेषेण यथेच्छसि तथा कुरु।।18.63।।
"18.63 Thus have I revealed to thee the Truth, the Mystery of mysteries. Having thought it over, thou art free to act as thou wilt." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.63's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya241.73°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra151.86°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala141.78°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha220.74°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati6.30°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra272.46°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani182.99°TulāCitrā P3

☀️ Lumbinī — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · NPT)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:57 NPT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:21 NPT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:09 NPT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:04 NPT
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:16 NPT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 24 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 35 Mins 34 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:34 – 06:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:05 – 06:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:30
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:35
Godhūli Muhūrta17:09 – 17:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:21 – 17:47
Amṛta Kāla17:06 – 18:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:30

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:03 – 17:21
Yamaganda12:09 – 13:27
Gulika Kāla14:45 – 16:03
Varjyam07:23 – 07:40
Dur Muhūrta 09:23 – 09:43

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (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):
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 · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:57 – 08:15 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:15 – 09:33 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:33 – 10:51 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:51 – 12:09 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:09 – 13:27 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:27 – 14:45 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:45 – 16:03 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:03 – 17:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:21 – 19:03 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:03 – 20:45 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:45 – 22:27 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:27 – 00:09 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:09 – 01:51 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:51 – 03:33 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:33 – 05:15 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:15 – 06:57 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 27.4924°
Longitude: 83.275°
Timezone: UTC+5.75

🚶 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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Uttara Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867448.27 · 5112.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455913.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0201° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)272.13° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (24.0201°) · declination -23.37° · EoT 2.79 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2011-12-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)