पञ्चाङ्ग — Patna, Bihar · December 24, 2029 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 6.24 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
सङ्कल्पप्रभवान्कामांस्त्यक्त्वा सर्वानशेषतः।

मनसैवेन्द्रियग्रामं विनियम्य समन्ततः।।6.24।।
"6.24 Renouncing every desire which imagination can conceive, controlling the senses at every point by the power of mind;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2086 Dundubhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1951 Saumya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1436
Malayalam Era: 1205
Nanakshahi: 560
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya248.23°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra103.98°KarkaPuṣya P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala283.77°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha262.81°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati204.93°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra268.27°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani24.35°MeṣaBharaṇī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:33 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:06 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:33 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:52 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 32 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 27 Mins 33 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:09 – 05:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:41 – 06:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:11
Vijaya Muhūrta13:35 – 14:17
Godhūli Muhūrta16:54 – 17:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:06 – 17:32
Amṛta Kāla16:51 – 18:36
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:11

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:52 – 09:11
Yamaganda10:30 – 11:49
Gulika Kāla13:09 – 14:28
Varjyam07:00 – 07:16
Dur Muhūrta 09:01 – 09:22

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (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 · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:33 – 07:52 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:52 – 09:11 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:11 – 10:30 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:30 – 11:49 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:49 – 13:09 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:09 – 14:28 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:28 – 15:47 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:47 – 17:06 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:06 – 18:47 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:47 – 20:28 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:28 – 22:09 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:09 – 23:49 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:49 – 01:30 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:30 – 03:11 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:11 – 04:52 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:52 – 06:33 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 25.5941°
Longitude: 85.1376°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5131
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1874029.27
Julian Day2462494.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2718°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)217.17°
🪷 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 (24.2718°), 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: 2029-12-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)