पञ्चाङ्ग — Mathurā · December 28, 1929 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 4.26 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्रोत्रादीनीन्द्रियाण्यन्ये संयमाग्निषु जुह्वति।

शब्दादीन्विषयानन्य इन्द्रियाग्निषु जुह्वति।।4.26।।
"4.26 Some sacrifice their physical senses in the fire of self-control; others offer up their contact with external objects in the sacrificial fire of their senses." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1986 Citrabhānu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1851 Śukla
Bengali Saṁvat: 1336
Malayalam Era: 1105
Nanakshahi: 460
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya252.96°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra220.53°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala247.06°DhanuMūla P3
बुध Budha270.61°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati46.40°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra244.22°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani250.68°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:09 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:34 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:54 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:29 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 24 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 35 Mins 16 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:46 – 06:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:17 – 07:09
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:05 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta17:22 – 17:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:34 – 18:00
Amṛta Kāla17:19 – 19:04
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:45 – 11:03
Yamaganda13:39 – 14:57
Gulika Kāla07:09 – 08:27
Varjyam07:35 – 07:52
Dur Muhūrta 09:35 – 09:55

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (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 · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:09 – 08:27 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:27 – 09:45 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:45 – 11:03 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:03 – 12:21 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:21 – 13:39 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:39 – 14:57 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:57 – 16:15 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:15 – 17:34 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:34 – 19:15 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:15 – 20:57 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:57 – 22:39 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:39 – 00:21 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:21 – 02:03 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:03 – 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 Time

Kali Year5031
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1837508.27
Julian Day2425973.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)22.8750°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)326.64°
🪷 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 (22.8750°), declination -23.31°, EoT -1.89 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: 1929-12-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)