पञ्चाङ्ग — Meerut, Uttar Pradesh · December 19, 2014 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 10.9 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
मच्चित्ता मद्गतप्राणा बोधयन्तः परस्परम्।

कथयन्तश्च मां नित्यं तुष्यन्ति च रमन्ति च।।10.9।।
"10.9 With minds concentrated on Me, with lives absorbed in Me, and enlightening each other, they ever feel content and happy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya242.98°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra204.34°TulāViśākhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala286.62°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha248.74°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati117.62°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra256.23°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani215.18°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

Meerut, Uttar Pradesh — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:08 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:26 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:19 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:05 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 17 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 42 Mins 27 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:46 – 06:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:17 – 07:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta14:00 – 14:41
Godhūli Muhūrta17:14 – 17:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:26 – 17:51
Amṛta Kāla17:11 – 18:56
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:37

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:00 – 12:17
Yamaganda14:51 – 16:08
Gulika Kāla08:25 – 09:42
Varjyam07:34 – 07:50
Dur Muhūrta 09:32 – 09:53

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 Chala07:08 – 08:25 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:25 – 09:42 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:42 – 11:00 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:00 – 12:17 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:17 – 13:34 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:34 – 14:51 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:51 – 16:08 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:08 – 17:26 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:26 – 19:08 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:08 – 20:51 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:51 – 22:34 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:34 – 00:17 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:17 – 02:00 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:00 – 03:42 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:42 – 05:25 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:25 – 07:08 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 28.9845°
Longitude: 77.7064°
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 Dvādaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868545.27
Julian Day2457010.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0620°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)321.49°
🪷 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 (24.0620°), declination -23.40°, EoT 2.32 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: 2014-12-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)