पञ्चाङ्ग — Mathurā · January 13, 1998 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: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya268.82°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra92.51°KarkaPunarvasu P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala296.45°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha246.57°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati301.00°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra274.33°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani350.37°MīnaRevatī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:11 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:45 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:28 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:54 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:31 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 33 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 26 Mins 34 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:47 – 06:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:18 – 07:11
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 12:49
Vijaya Muhūrta14:14 – 14:56
Godhūli Muhūrta17:33 – 17:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:45 – 18:11
Amṛta Kāla17:30 – 19:15
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 00:49

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:06 – 16:25
Yamaganda09:50 – 11:09
Gulika Kāla12:28 – 13:47
Varjyam07:38 – 07:55
Dur Muhūrta 09:39 – 10:00

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:11 – 08:30 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:30 – 09:50 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:50 – 11:09 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:09 – 12:28 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:28 – 13:47 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:47 – 15:06 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:06 – 16:25 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:25 – 17:45 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:45 – 19:25 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:25 – 21:06 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:06 – 22:47 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:47 – 00:28 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:28 – 02:09 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:09 – 03:50 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:50 – 05:30 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:30 – 07:11 (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 Year5099
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862361.27
Julian Day2450826.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.8255°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)185.51°
🪷 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 (23.8255°), declination -21.54°, EoT -8.64 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: 1998-01-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)