पञ्चाङ्ग — Mathurā · January 7, 1918 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 1.21 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

हृषीकेशं तदा वाक्यमिदमाह महीपते।

सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये रथं स्थापय मेऽच्युत।।1.21।।
"1.21 Raising his bow, spoke this to the Lord Shri Krishna: O Infallible! Lord of the earth! Please draw up my chariot betwixt the two armies," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1975 Prajāpati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1840 Kālayukta
Bengali Saṁvat: 1325
Malayalam Era: 1094
Nanakshahi: 449
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya263.23°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra190.38°TulāSvātī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala157.25°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha255.90°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati39.88°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
शुक्र Śukra303.65°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani110.88°KarkaAśleṣā P2

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)01:58 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:10 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 28 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 31 Mins 12 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 Kāla08:30 – 09:48
Yamaganda11:07 – 12:26
Gulika Kāla13:44 – 15:03
Varjyam07:37 – 07:54
Dur Muhūrta 09:38 – 09:59

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:11 – 08:30 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:30 – 09:48 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:48 – 11:07 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:07 – 12:26 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:26 – 13:44 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:44 – 15:03 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:03 – 16:21 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:21 – 17:40 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:40 – 19:21 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:21 – 21:03 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:03 – 22:44 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:44 – 00:26 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:26 – 02:07 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:07 – 03:48 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:48 – 05:30 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:30 – 07:11 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5019
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1833135.27
Julian Day2421600.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)22.7077°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)288.63°
🪷 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 (22.7077°), declination -22.49°, 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: 1918-01-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)