पञ्चाङ्ग — Pune, Maharashtra · December 26, 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 11.4 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
मन्यसे यदि तच्छक्यं मया द्रष्टुमिति प्रभो।

योगेश्वर ततो मे त्वं दर्शयाऽत्मानमव्ययम्।।11.4।।
"11.4 If Thou thinkest that it can be made possible for me to see it, show me, O Lord of Lords, Thine own Eternal Self." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya250.60°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra214.79°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala310.68°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
बुध Budha256.76°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati175.87°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra296.63°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani236.40°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:05 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:06 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:36 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:38 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:47 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 01 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 58 Mins 48 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:37 – 06:21
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:10 – 07:05
Abhijit Muhūrta12:13 – 12:58
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:10
Godhūli Muhūrta17:54 – 18:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:06 – 18:34
Amṛta Kāla17:51 – 19:36
Niśīta Muhūrta00:13 – 00:58

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:28 – 09:50
Yamaganda11:13 – 12:36
Gulika Kāla13:58 – 15:21
Varjyam07:32 – 07:50
Dur Muhūrta 09:39 – 10:01

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:05 – 08:28 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:28 – 09:50 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:50 – 11:13 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:13 – 12:36 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:36 – 13:58 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:58 – 15:21 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:21 – 16:43 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:43 – 18:06 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:06 – 19:43 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:43 – 21:21 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:21 – 22:58 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:58 – 00:36 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:36 – 02:13 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:13 – 03:50 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:50 – 05:28 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:28 – 07:05 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

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

🌌 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 Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869283.27
Julian Day2457748.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0903°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)322.65°
🪷 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 (24.0903°), declination -23.35°, EoT -0.96 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: 2016-12-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)