पञ्चाङ्ग — Meerut, Uttar Pradesh · January 4, 2020 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 3.1 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

ज्यायसी चेत्कर्मणस्ते मता बुद्धिर्जनार्दन।

तत्किं कर्मणि घोरे मां नियोजयसि केशव।।3.1।।
"3.1 "Arjuna questioned: My Lord! If Wisdom is above action, why dost Thou advise me to engage in this terrible fight?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya258.99°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra358.11°MīnaRevatī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala216.03°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
बुध Budha254.83°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati253.26°DhanuMūla P4
शुक्र Śukra293.72°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani267.57°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:14 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:35 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:39 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:23 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 20 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 39 Mins 11 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:51 – 06:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:22 – 07:14
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:08 – 14:49
Godhūli Muhūrta17:23 – 17:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:35 – 18:00
Amṛta Kāla17:20 – 19:05
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:45

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:49 – 11:07
Yamaganda13:42 – 14:59
Gulika Kāla07:14 – 08:31
Varjyam07:40 – 07:56
Dur Muhūrta 09:39 – 09:59

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (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 · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:14 – 08:31 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:31 – 09:49 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:49 – 11:07 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:07 – 12:24 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:24 – 13:42 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:42 – 14:59 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:59 – 16:17 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:17 – 17:35 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:35 – 19:17 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:17 – 20:59 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:59 – 22:42 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:42 – 00:24 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:24 – 02:07 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:07 – 03:49 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:49 – 05:31 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:31 – 07:14 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870387.27
Julian Day2458852.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1325°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)100.43°
🪷 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 (24.1325°), declination -22.79°, EoT -5.02 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: 2020-01-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)