पञ्चाङ्ग — Patna, Bihar · December 19, 2014 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 10.9 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
मच्चित्ता मद्गतप्राणा बोधयन्तः परस्परम्।

कथयन्तश्च मां नित्यं तुष्यन्ति च रमन्ति च।।10.9।।
"10.9 With minds concentrated on Me, with lives absorbed in Me, and enlightening each other, they ever feel content and happy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya242.98°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra204.34°TulāViśākhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala286.62°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha248.74°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati117.62°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra256.23°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani215.18°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

Patna, Bihar — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:31 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:03 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:44 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:41 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 32 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 27 Mins 30 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:07 – 05:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:38 – 06:31
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:08
Vijaya Muhūrta13:33 – 14:15
Godhūli Muhūrta16:51 – 17:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:03 – 17:30
Amṛta Kāla16:48 – 18:33
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:08

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:28 – 11:47
Yamaganda14:25 – 15:44
Gulika Kāla07:50 – 09:09
Varjyam06:57 – 07:14
Dur Muhūrta 08:58 – 09:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:31 – 07:50 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:50 – 09:09 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:09 – 10:28 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:28 – 11:47 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:47 – 13:06 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:06 – 14:25 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:25 – 15:44 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:44 – 17:03 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:03 – 18:44 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:44 – 20:25 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:25 – 22:06 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:06 – 23:47 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:47 – 01:28 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:28 – 03:09 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:09 – 04:50 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:50 – 06:31 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 25.5941°
Longitude: 85.1376°
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 Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868545.27
Julian Day2457010.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0620°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)321.49°
🪷 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 (24.0620°), declination -23.40°, EoT 2.32 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: 2014-12-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)