पञ्चाङ्ग — Mathurā · December 24, 1979 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 5.16 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः।

तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम्।।5.16।।
"5.16 Surely wisdom is like the sun, revealing the supreme truth to those whose ignorance is dispelled by the wisdom of the Self." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2036 Aṅgirasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1901 Siddhārthī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1386
Malayalam Era: 1155
Nanakshahi: 510
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya248.04°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra309.45°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala139.02°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha232.64°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati136.43°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra278.29°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani153.08°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:07 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:31 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:44 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:06 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 24 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 35 Mins 52 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:44 – 06:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:15 – 07:07
Abhijit Muhūrta11:59 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:03 – 14:45
Godhūli Muhūrta17:19 – 17:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:31 – 17:57
Amṛta Kāla17:16 – 19:01
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:25 – 09:43
Yamaganda11:01 – 12:19
Gulika Kāla13:37 – 14:55
Varjyam07:33 – 07:50
Dur Muhūrta 09:33 – 09:54

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:07 – 08:25 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:25 – 09:43 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:43 – 11:01 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:01 – 12:19 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:19 – 13:37 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:37 – 14:55 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:55 – 16:13 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:13 – 17:31 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:31 – 19:13 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:13 – 20:55 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:55 – 22:37 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:37 – 00:19 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:19 – 02:01 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:01 – 03:43 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:43 – 05:25 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:25 – 07:07 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5081
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1855766.27
Julian Day2444231.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.5733°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)59.84°
🪷 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 (23.5733°), declination -23.43°, EoT -0.03 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: 1979-12-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)