पञ्चाङ्ग — Mathurā · December 17, 1944 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 2.1 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
सञ्जय उवाच

तं तथा कृपयाऽविष्टमश्रुपूर्णाकुलेक्षणम्।

विषीदन्तमिदं वाक्यमुवाच मधुसूदनः।।2.1।।
"2.1 Sanjaya then told how the Lord Shri Krishna, seeing Arjuna overwhelmed with compassion, his eyes dimmed with flowing tears and full of despondency, consoled him:" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2001 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1866 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1351
Malayalam Era: 1120
Nanakshahi: 475
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya241.91°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra259.53°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala233.13°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha255.69°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati154.16°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra284.64°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani75.56°MithunaĀrdrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:04 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:28 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:14 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:39 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 24 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 35 Mins 26 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:40 – 06:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:12 – 07:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:55 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta14:00 – 14:42
Godhūli Muhūrta17:16 – 17:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:28 – 17:54
Amṛta Kāla17:13 – 18:58
Niśīta Muhūrta23:55 – 00:37

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:10 – 17:28
Yamaganda12:16 – 13:34
Gulika Kāla14:52 – 16:10
Varjyam07:30 – 07:46
Dur Muhūrta 09:30 – 09:50

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:04 – 08:22 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:22 – 09:40 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:40 – 10:58 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:58 – 12:16 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:16 – 13:34 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:34 – 14:52 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:52 – 16:10 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:10 – 17:28 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:28 – 19:10 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:10 – 20:52 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:52 – 22:34 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:34 – 00:16 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:16 – 01:58 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:58 – 03:40 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:40 – 05:22 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:22 – 07:04 (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 Year5046
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1842976.27
Julian Day2431441.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.0841°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)16.80°
🪷 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 (23.0841°), declination -23.34°, EoT 3.25 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: 1944-12-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)