पञ्चाङ्ग — Meerut, Uttar Pradesh · December 16, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.23 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
रूपं महत्ते बहुवक्त्रनेत्रं

महाबाहो बहुबाहूरुपादम्।

बहूदरं बहुदंष्ट्राकरालं

दृष्ट्वा लोकाः प्रव्यथितास्तथाऽहम्।।11.23।।
"11.23 Seeing Thy stupendous Form, O Most Mighty, with its myriad faces, its innumerable eyes and limbs and terrible jaws, I myself and all the worlds are overwhelmed with awe." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya239.90°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra335.87°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala324.89°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha218.35°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati224.17°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शुक्र Śukra194.69°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani255.29°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:06 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:25 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:37 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:42 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 18 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 41 Mins 54 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:44 – 06:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:15 – 07:06
Abhijit Muhūrta11:55 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta13:58 – 14:40
Godhūli Muhūrta17:13 – 17:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:25 – 17:50
Amṛta Kāla17:10 – 18:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:55 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:07 – 17:25
Yamaganda12:15 – 13:33
Gulika Kāla14:50 – 16:07
Varjyam07:32 – 07:49
Dur Muhūrta 09:31 – 09:51

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:06 – 08:24 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:24 – 09:41 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:41 – 10:58 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:58 – 12:15 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:15 – 13:33 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:33 – 14:50 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:50 – 16:07 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:07 – 17:25 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:25 – 19:07 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:07 – 20:50 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:50 – 22:33 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:33 – 00:15 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:15 – 01:58 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:58 – 03:41 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:41 – 05:24 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:24 – 07:06 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 28.9845°
Longitude: 77.7064°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Uttara Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870003.27
Julian Day2458468.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1178°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)98.82°
🪷 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 (24.1178°), declination -23.30°, EoT 3.72 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: 2018-12-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)