पञ्चाङ्ग — Mathurā · December 29, 1966 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

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2023 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1888 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1373
Malayalam Era: 1142
Nanakshahi: 497
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya253.48°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra90.25°KarkaPunarvasu P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala169.77°KanyāHasta P3
बुध Budha242.45°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati99.34°KarkaPuṣya P2
शुक्र Śukra266.09°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani331.10°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:09 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:34 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:39 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:19 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 24 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 35 Mins 02 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:46 – 06:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:17 – 07:09
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:06 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta17:22 – 17:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:34 – 18:00
Amṛta Kāla17:19 – 19:04
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:40 – 14:58
Yamaganda07:09 – 08:27
Gulika Kāla09:45 – 11:04
Varjyam07:35 – 07:52
Dur Muhūrta 09:35 – 09:56

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:09 – 08:27 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:27 – 09:45 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:45 – 11:04 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:04 – 12:22 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:22 – 13:40 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:40 – 14:58 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:58 – 16:16 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:16 – 17:34 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:34 – 19:16 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:16 – 20:58 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:58 – 22:40 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:40 – 00:22 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:22 – 02:04 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:04 – 03:45 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:45 – 05:27 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:27 – 07:09 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5068
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1851023.27
Julian Day2439488.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.3919°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)195.36°
🪷 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 (23.3919°), declination -23.26°, EoT -2.35 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: 1966-12-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)