पञ्चाङ्ग — Mathurā · December 30, 1976 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 14.9 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सत्त्वं सुखे सञ्जयति रजः कर्मणि भारत।ज्ञानमावृत्य तु तमः प्रमादे सञ्जयत्युत।।14.9।।
"14.9 Purity brings happiness, Passion commotion, and Ignorance, which obscures wisdom, leads to a life of failure." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2033 Śukla
Śaka Saṁvat: 1898 Nala
Bengali Saṁvat: 1383
Malayalam Era: 1152
Nanakshahi: 507
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya254.94°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra3.65°MeṣaAśvinī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala245.33°DhanuMūla P2
बुध Budha269.86°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati27.97°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
शुक्र Śukra300.59°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani112.44°KarkaAśleṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:09 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:35 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:12 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:02 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 25 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 34 Mins 34 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:46 – 06:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:17 – 07:09
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:06 – 14:48
Godhūli Muhūrta17:23 – 17:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:35 – 18:01
Amṛta Kāla17:20 – 19:05
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:43

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:40 – 14:58
Yamaganda07:09 – 08:28
Gulika Kāla09:46 – 11:04
Varjyam07:35 – 07:52
Dur Muhūrta 09:35 – 09:56

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:09 – 08:28 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:28 – 09:46 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:46 – 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 – 16:17 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:17 – 17:35 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:35 – 19:17 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:17 – 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 – 03:46 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:46 – 05:28 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:28 – 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 Śukla Navamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5078
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1854677.27
Julian Day2443142.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.5316°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)106.94°
🪷 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 (23.5316°), declination -23.17°, EoT -2.80 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: 1976-12-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)