पञ्चाङ्ग — Mathurā · January 7, 1915 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 8.17 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः।

रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः।।8.17।।
"8.17 Those who understand the cosmic day and cosmic night know that one day of creation is a thousand cycles, and that the night is of equal length." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1972 Vibhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1837 Rākṣasa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1322
Malayalam Era: 1091
Nanakshahi: 446
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya262.99°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra149.43°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala260.60°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha265.06°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati301.90°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra222.25°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani65.64°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4

Mathurā — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:11 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:40 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:42 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:01 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 28 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 31 Mins 22 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:47 – 06:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:19 – 07:11
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 12:47
Vijaya Muhūrta14:10 – 14:52
Godhūli Muhūrta17:28 – 17:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:40 – 18:06
Amṛta Kāla17:25 – 19:10
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 00:47

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:44 – 15:03
Yamaganda07:11 – 08:30
Gulika Kāla09:48 – 11:07
Varjyam07:37 – 07:54
Dur Muhūrta 09:38 – 09:59

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:11 – 08:30 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:30 – 09:48 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:48 – 11:07 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:07 – 12:26 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:26 – 13:44 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:44 – 15:03 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:03 – 16:21 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:21 – 17:40 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:40 – 19:21 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:21 – 21:03 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:03 – 22:44 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:44 – 00:26 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:26 – 02:07 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:07 – 03:48 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:48 – 05:30 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:30 – 07:11 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 27.4924°
Longitude: 77.6737°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5016
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1832039.27
Julian Day2420504.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)22.6658°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)247.90°
🪷 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 (22.6658°), declination -22.52°, EoT -6.29 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: 1915-01-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)