पञ्चाङ्ग — Oṁkāreśvar · December 21, 2012 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 9.16 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
अहं क्रतुरहं यज्ञः स्वधाऽहमहमौषधम्।

मंत्रोऽहमहमेवाज्यमहमग्निरहं हुतम्।।9.16।।
"9.16 I am the Oblation, the Sacrifice and the Worship; I am the Fuel and the Chant, I am the Butter offered to the fire, I am the Fire itself, and I am the Act of offering." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya245.54°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra345.00°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala271.93°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha229.77°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati44.52°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra221.86°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani194.32°TulāSvātī P3

Oṁkāreśvar — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:01 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:47 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:53 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:10 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 46 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 13 Mins 44 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:35 – 06:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:07 – 07:01
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:12 – 14:55
Godhūli Muhūrta17:35 – 17:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:47 – 18:14
Amṛta Kāla17:32 – 19:17
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:03 – 12:24
Yamaganda15:06 – 16:26
Gulika Kāla08:22 – 09:42
Varjyam07:28 – 07:45
Dur Muhūrta 09:32 – 09:53

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
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 · 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 Chala07:01 – 08:22 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:22 – 09:42 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:42 – 11:03 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:03 – 12:24 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:24 – 13:45 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:45 – 15:06 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:06 – 16:26 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:26 – 17:47 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:47 – 19:26 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:26 – 21:06 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:06 – 22:45 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:45 – 00:24 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:24 – 02:03 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:03 – 03:42 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:42 – 05:22 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:22 – 07:01 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 22.2429°
Longitude: 76.1497°
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 Śukla Navamī + Uttara Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867817.27
Julian Day2456282.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0342°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)96.51°
🪷 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 (24.0342°), declination -23.44°, EoT 1.38 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: 2012-12-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)