पञ्चाङ्ग — Pune, Maharashtra · December 21, 2026 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 15.9 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
श्रोत्रं चक्षुः स्पर्शनं च रसनं घ्राणमेव च।अधिष्ठाय मनश्चायं विषयानुपसेवते।।15.9।।
"15.9 He is the perception of the ear, the eye, the touch, the taste and the smell, yea and of the mind also; and the enjoyment the things which they perceive is also His." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya244.94°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra22.57°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala133.38°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha237.97°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati122.47°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शुक्र Śukra198.41°TulāSvātī P4
शनि Śani343.85°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:03 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:04 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:33 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:18 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:10 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 00 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 59 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:35 – 06:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:08 – 07:03
Abhijit Muhūrta12:11 – 12:55
Vijaya Muhūrta14:23 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta17:52 – 18:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:04 – 18:31
Amṛta Kāla17:49 – 19:34
Niśīta Muhūrta00:11 – 00:55

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:25 – 09:48
Yamaganda11:11 – 12:33
Gulika Kāla13:56 – 15:18
Varjyam07:30 – 07:48
Dur Muhūrta 09:37 – 09:59

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:03 – 08:25 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:25 – 09:48 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:48 – 11:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:11 – 12:33 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:33 – 13:56 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:56 – 15:18 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:18 – 16:41 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:41 – 18:04 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:04 – 19:41 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:41 – 21:18 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:18 – 22:56 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:56 – 00:33 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:33 – 02:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:11 – 03:48 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:48 – 05:25 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:25 – 07:03 (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 Time

Kali Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872930.27
Julian Day2461395.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2298°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)139.55°
🪷 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 (24.2298°), declination -23.43°, EoT 1.38 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: 2026-12-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)