पञ्चाङ्ग — Mysore, Karnataka · December 30, 2018 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 11.37 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
कस्माच्च ते न नमेरन्महात्मन्

गरीयसे ब्रह्मणोऽप्यादिकर्त्रे।

अनन्त देवेश जगन्निवास

त्वमक्षरं सदसत्तत्परं यत्।।11.37।।
"11.37 How should they do otherwise? O Thou Supremest Self, greater than the Powers of creation, the First Cause, Infinite, the Lord of Lords, the Home of the universe, Imperishable, Being and Not-Being, yet transcending both." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya254.16°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra172.26°KanyāHasta P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala334.22°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha236.56°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati227.20°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra207.14°TulāViśākhā P3
शनि Śani256.93°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2

Mysore, Karnataka — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:44 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:09 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:02 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:55 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 24 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 35 Mins 23 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:13 – 05:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:47 – 06:44
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 12:49
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:06
Godhūli Muhūrta17:57 – 18:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:09 – 18:37
Amṛta Kāla17:54 – 19:39
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 00:49

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:43 – 18:09
Yamaganda12:26 – 13:52
Gulika Kāla15:17 – 16:43
Varjyam07:12 – 07:31
Dur Muhūrta 09:24 – 09:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:44 – 08:10 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:10 – 09:35 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:35 – 11:01 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:01 – 12:26 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:26 – 13:52 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:52 – 15:17 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:17 – 16:43 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:43 – 18:09 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:09 – 19:43 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:43 – 21:17 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:17 – 22:52 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:52 – 00:26 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:26 – 02:01 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:01 – 03:35 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:35 – 05:10 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:10 – 06:44 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 12.2958°
Longitude: 76.6394°
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 Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Hasta alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870017.27
Julian Day2458482.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1183°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)275.43°
🪷 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 (24.1183°), declination -23.18°, EoT -2.80 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: 2018-12-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)