पञ्चाङ्ग — Lumbinī · December 12, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.21 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम्।

कथं स पुरुषः पार्थ कं घातयति हन्ति कम्।।2.21।।
"2.21 He who knows the Spirit as Indestructible, Immortal, Unborn, Always-the-Same, how should he kill or cause to be killed?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya236.09°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra166.58°KanyāHasta P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala187.27°TulāSvātī P1
बुध Budha238.35°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati198.93°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra229.08°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani244.79°DhanuMūla P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:53 NPT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:19 NPT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 NPT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:34 NPT
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:22 NPT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 25 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 34 Mins 07 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:30 – 06:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:01 – 06:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:27
Vijaya Muhūrta13:51 – 14:32
Godhūli Muhūrta17:07 – 17:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:19 – 17:45
Amṛta Kāla17:04 – 18:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:27

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:43 – 16:01
Yamaganda09:30 – 10:48
Gulika Kāla12:06 – 13:25
Varjyam07:19 – 07:36
Dur Muhūrta 09:19 – 09:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:53 – 08:12 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:12 – 09:30 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:30 – 10:48 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:48 – 12:06 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:06 – 13:25 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:25 – 14:43 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:43 – 16:01 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:01 – 17:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:19 – 19:01 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:01 – 20:43 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:43 – 22:25 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:25 – 00:06 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:06 – 01:48 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:48 – 03:30 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:30 – 05:12 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:12 – 06:53 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869634.27
Julian Day2458099.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1037°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)287.71°
🪷 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 (24.1037°), declination -23.07°, EoT 5.54 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: 2017-12-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)