पञ्चाङ्ग — Mathurā · January 8, 1928 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 4.7 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga🪷 Sambhavāmi Yuge Yuge · Krishna's avatāra-anchor
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत।

अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदाऽऽत्मानं सृजाम्यहम्।।4.7।।
"4.7 Whenever spirituality decays and materialism is rampant, then, O Arjuna, I reincarnate Myself!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1985 Vṛṣa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1850 Vibhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1335
Malayalam Era: 1104
Nanakshahi: 459
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya263.67°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra93.79°KarkaPuṣya P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala240.11°DhanuMūla P1
बुध Budha264.10°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati336.09°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra222.93°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani231.65°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:11 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:41 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:18 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:55 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 29 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 30 Mins 51 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:48 – 06:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:19 – 07:11
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 12:47
Vijaya Muhūrta14:11 – 14:53
Godhūli Muhūrta17:29 – 17:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:41 – 18:07
Amṛta Kāla17:26 – 19:11
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 00:47

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:22 – 17:41
Yamaganda12:26 – 13:45
Gulika Kāla15:03 – 16:22
Varjyam07:38 – 07:54
Dur Muhūrta 09:38 – 09:59

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (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 · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:11 – 08:30 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:30 – 09:49 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:49 – 11:07 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:07 – 12:26 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:26 – 13:45 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:45 – 15:03 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:03 – 16:22 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:22 – 17:41 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:41 – 19:22 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:22 – 21:03 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:03 – 22:45 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:45 – 00:26 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:26 – 02:07 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:07 – 03:49 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:49 – 05:30 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:30 – 07:11 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

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 Year5029
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1836788.27
Julian Day2425253.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)22.8475°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)191.79°
🪷 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 (22.8475°), declination -22.41°, 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: 1928-01-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)