पञ्चाङ्ग — Mathurā · December 29, 1917 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 1.12 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
तस्य संजनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः।

सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान्।।1.12।।
"1.12 Then to enliven his spirits, the brave Grandfather Bheeshma, eldest of the Kuru-clan, blew his conch, till it sounded like a lion's roar." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1974 Pramoda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1839 Piṅgala
Bengali Saṁvat: 1324
Malayalam Era: 1093
Nanakshahi: 448
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya254.06°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra81.45°MithunaPunarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala154.47°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha266.77°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati40.59°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra298.45°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani111.44°KarkaAśleṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:09 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:34 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:58 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:44 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 24 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 35 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:46 – 06:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:17 – 07:09
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:06 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta17:22 – 17:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:34 – 18:00
Amṛta Kāla17:19 – 19:04
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:45 – 11:04
Yamaganda13:40 – 14:58
Gulika Kāla07:09 – 08:27
Varjyam07:35 – 07:52
Dur Muhūrta 09:35 – 09:56

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:09 – 08:27 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:27 – 09:45 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:45 – 11:04 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:04 – 12:22 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:22 – 13:40 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:40 – 14:58 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:58 – 16:16 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:16 – 17:34 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:34 – 19:16 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:16 – 20:58 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:58 – 22:40 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:40 – 00:22 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:22 – 02:04 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:04 – 03:45 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:45 – 05:27 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:27 – 07:09 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Pratipada + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5019
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1833126.27
Julian Day2421591.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)22.7074°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)189.41°
🪷 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 (22.7074°), declination -23.26°, EoT -2.35 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: 1917-12-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)