पञ्चाङ्ग — Mathurā · December 18, 1987 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 8.22 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
पुरुषः स परः पार्थ भक्त्या लभ्यस्त्वनन्यया।

यस्यान्तःस्थानि भूतानि येन सर्वमिदं ततम्।।8.22।।
"8.22 O Arjuna! That Highest God, in Whom all beings abide, and Who pervades the entire universe, is reached only by wholehearted devotion. [The following material (between the asterisks) is an example of what may be a "doctored' inclusion. It does not jibe with the rest of the ma…" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2044 Vikrama
Śaka Saṁvat: 1909 Prabhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1394
Malayalam Era: 1163
Nanakshahi: 518
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya241.88°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra205.61°TulāViśākhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala202.18°TulāViśākhā P1
बुध Budha239.07°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati356.77°MīnaRevatī P4
शुक्र Śukra271.27°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani239.81°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:04 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:29 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:27 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 24 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 35 Mins 33 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:41 – 06:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:12 – 07:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta14:01 – 14:42
Godhūli Muhūrta17:17 – 17:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:29 – 17:55
Amṛta Kāla17:14 – 18:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:37

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:58 – 12:17
Yamaganda14:53 – 16:11
Gulika Kāla08:22 – 09:40
Varjyam07:30 – 07:47
Dur Muhūrta 09:30 – 09:51

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (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):
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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:04 – 08:22 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:22 – 09:40 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:40 – 10:58 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:58 – 12:17 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:17 – 13:35 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:35 – 14:53 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:53 – 16:11 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:11 – 17:29 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:29 – 19:11 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:11 – 20:53 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:53 – 22:35 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:35 – 00:17 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:17 – 01:58 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:58 – 03:40 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:40 – 05:22 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:22 – 07:04 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5089
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1858682.27
Julian Day2447147.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.6848°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)324.21°
🪷 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 (23.6848°), declination -23.36°, EoT 2.79 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: 1987-12-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)