पञ्चाङ्ग — Lumbinī · January 8, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: पौष पुत्रदा एकादशी — Pauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
Ekādaśī granting putra-prāpti.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.17 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रिणं च

तेजोराशिं सर्वतोदीप्तिमन्तम्।

पश्यामि त्वां दुर्निरीक्ष्यं समन्ताद्

दीप्तानलार्कद्युतिमप्रमेयम्।।11.17।।
"11.17 I see thee with the crown, the sceptre and the discus; a blaze of splendour. Scarce can I gaze on thee, so radiant thou art, glowing like the blazing fire, brilliant as the sun, immeasurable." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya263.85°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra23.01°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala320.49°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha244.40°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati177.23°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra310.66°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शनि Śani237.88°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:04 NPT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:34 NPT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 NPT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:36 NPT
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:54 NPT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 30 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 29 Mins 58 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:40 – 06:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:11 – 07:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:04 – 14:46
Godhūli Muhūrta17:22 – 17:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:34 – 18:00
Amṛta Kāla17:19 – 19:04
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:15 – 17:34
Yamaganda12:19 – 13:37
Gulika Kāla14:56 – 16:15
Varjyam07:30 – 07:47
Dur Muhūrta 09:31 – 09:52

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:04 – 08:22 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:22 – 09:41 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:41 – 11:00 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:00 – 12:19 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:19 – 13:37 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:37 – 14:56 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:56 – 16:15 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:15 – 17:34 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:34 – 19:15 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:15 – 20:56 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:56 – 22:37 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:37 – 00:19 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:19 – 02:00 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:00 – 03:41 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:41 – 05:22 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:22 – 07:04 (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 Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869296.27
Julian Day2457761.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0908°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)121.78°
🪷 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 (24.0908°), declination -22.23°, EoT -6.70 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: 2017-01-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)