पञ्चाङ्ग — Pune, Maharashtra · January 14, 2016 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 2.24 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अच्छेद्योऽयमदाह्योऽयमक्लेद्योऽशोष्य एव च।

नित्यः सर्वगतः स्थाणुरचलोऽयं सनातनः।।2.24।।
"2.24 It is impenetrable; It can be neither drowned nor scorched nor dried. It is Eternal, All-pervading, Unchanging, Immovable and Most Ancient." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya269.21°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra320.63°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala191.36°TulāSvātī P2
बुध Budha270.23°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati148.38°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra233.65°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani228.20°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

Pune, Maharashtra — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:10 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:17 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:44 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:15 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:04 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 07 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 52 Mins 50 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:41 – 06:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:14 – 07:10
Abhijit Muhūrta12:21 – 13:06
Vijaya Muhūrta14:35 – 15:19
Godhūli Muhūrta18:05 – 18:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:17 – 18:45
Amṛta Kāla18:02 – 19:47
Niśīta Muhūrta00:21 – 01:06

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:07 – 15:30
Yamaganda07:10 – 08:33
Gulika Kāla09:57 – 11:20
Varjyam07:38 – 07:56
Dur Muhūrta 09:46 – 10:08

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
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 · 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 Śubha07:10 – 08:33 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:33 – 09:57 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:57 – 11:20 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:20 – 12:44 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:44 – 14:07 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:07 – 15:30 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:30 – 16:54 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:54 – 18:17 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:17 – 19:54 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:54 – 21:30 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:30 – 23:07 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:07 – 00:44 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:44 – 02:20 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:20 – 03:57 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:57 – 05:33 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:33 – 07:10 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 18.5204°
Longitude: 73.8567°
Timezone: UTC+5.5
Elevation: 560 m

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868936.27
Julian Day2457401.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0770°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)50.04°
🪷 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 (24.0770°), declination -21.43°, EoT -9.00 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: 2016-01-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)