पञ्चाङ्ग — Oṁkāreśvar · December 22, 2028 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 16.20 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
आसुरीं योनिमापन्ना मूढा जन्मनि जन्मनि।

मामप्राप्यैव कौन्तेय ततो यान्त्यधमां गतिम्।।16.20।।
"16.20 So reborn, they spend life after life, enveloped in delusion. And they never reach Me, O Prince, but degenerate into still lower forms of life." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2085 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1950 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1435
Malayalam Era: 1204
Nanakshahi: 559
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya246.45°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra316.16°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala155.54°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha263.20°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati179.38°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra223.96°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शनि Śani10.32°MeṣaAśvinī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:01 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:48 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:13 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:53 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 46 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 13 Mins 43 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:35 – 06:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:07 – 07:01
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:12 – 14:55
Godhūli Muhūrta17:36 – 18:00
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:48 – 18:15
Amṛta Kāla17:33 – 19:18
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 00:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:04 – 12:24
Yamaganda15:06 – 16:27
Gulika Kāla08:22 – 09:43
Varjyam07:28 – 07:46
Dur Muhūrta 09:32 – 09:54

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:01 – 08:22 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:22 – 09:43 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:43 – 11:04 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:04 – 12:24 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:24 – 13:45 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:45 – 15:06 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:06 – 16:27 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:27 – 17:48 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:48 – 19:27 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:27 – 21:06 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:06 – 22:45 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:45 – 00:24 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:24 – 02:04 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:04 – 03:43 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:43 – 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 Time

Kali Year5130
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873662.27
Julian Day2462127.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2578°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)71.03°
🪷 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 (24.2578°), declination -23.43°, EoT 0.91 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: 2028-12-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)