पञ्चाङ्ग — Mathurā · December 26, 1961 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 18.35 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यया स्वप्नं भयं शोकं विषादं मदमेव च।न विमुञ्चति दुर्मेधा धृतिः सा पार्थ तामसी।।18.35।।
"18.35 And that which clings perversely to false idealism, fear, grief, despair and vanity is the product of Ignorance." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.35's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2018 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1883 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1368
Malayalam Era: 1137
Nanakshahi: 492
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya250.71°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra116.07°KarkaAśleṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala248.19°DhanuMūla P3
बुध Budha256.84°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati286.56°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शुक्र Śukra243.51°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani276.31°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:08 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:32 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:47 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:57 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 24 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 35 Mins 36 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:45 – 06:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:16 – 07:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:59 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta14:04 – 14:46
Godhūli Muhūrta17:20 – 17:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:32 – 17:58
Amṛta Kāla17:17 – 19:02
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:41

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:56 – 16:14
Yamaganda09:44 – 11:02
Gulika Kāla12:20 – 13:38
Varjyam07:34 – 07:51
Dur Muhūrta 09:34 – 09:55

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (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 · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:08 – 08:26 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:26 – 09:44 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:44 – 11:02 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:02 – 12:20 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:20 – 13:38 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:38 – 14:56 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:56 – 16:14 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:14 – 17:32 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:32 – 19:14 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:14 – 20:56 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:56 – 22:38 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:38 – 00:20 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:20 – 02:02 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:02 – 03:44 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:44 – 05:26 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:26 – 07:08 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5063
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1849194.27
Julian Day2437659.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.3219°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)228.15°
🪷 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 (23.3219°), declination -23.38°, EoT -0.96 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: 1961-12-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)