पञ्चाङ्ग — Noida, Uttar Pradesh · December 24, 2008 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 7.18 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
उदाराः सर्व एवैते ज्ञानी त्वात्मैव मे मतम्।

आस्थितः स हि युक्तात्मा मामेवानुत्तमां गतिम्।।7.18।।
"7.18 Noble-minded are they all, but the wise man I hold as my own Self; for he, remaining always at peace with Me, makes me his final goal." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya248.62°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra210.97°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala243.45°DhanuMūla P2
बुध Budha264.05°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati273.63°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra294.29°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani147.52°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:11 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:30 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:30 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:10 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 19 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 40 Mins 27 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:48 – 06:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:19 – 07:11
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta14:04 – 14:45
Godhūli Muhūrta17:18 – 17:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:30 – 17:56
Amṛta Kāla17:15 – 19:00
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:41

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:20 – 13:38
Yamaganda08:28 – 09:46
Gulika Kāla11:03 – 12:20
Varjyam07:37 – 07:53
Dur Muhūrta 09:35 – 09:56

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (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):
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 · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:11 – 08:28 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:28 – 09:46 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:46 – 11:03 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:03 – 12:20 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:20 – 13:38 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:38 – 14:55 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:55 – 16:13 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:13 – 17:30 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:30 – 19:13 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:13 – 20:55 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:55 – 22:38 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:38 – 00:20 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:20 – 02:03 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:03 – 03:46 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:46 – 05:28 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:28 – 07:11 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 28.5355°
Longitude: 77.391°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866359.27
Julian Day2454824.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9784°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)320.58°
🪷 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 (23.9784°), declination -23.41°, EoT -0.03 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: 2008-12-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)