पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · December 21, 2012 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 9.16 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
अहं क्रतुरहं यज्ञः स्वधाऽहमहमौषधम्।

मंत्रोऽहमहमेवाज्यमहमग्निरहं हुतम्।।9.16।।
"9.16 I am the Oblation, the Sacrifice and the Worship; I am the Fuel and the Chant, I am the Butter offered to the fire, I am the Fire itself, and I am the Act of offering." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya245.54°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra345.00°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala271.93°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha229.77°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati44.52°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra221.86°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani194.32°TulāSvātī P3

Puṣkar — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:16 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:45 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:59 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:18 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 28 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 31 Mins 31 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:52 – 06:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:24 – 07:16
Abhijit Muhūrta12:09 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta17:33 – 17:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:45 – 18:11
Amṛta Kāla17:30 – 19:15
Niśīta Muhūrta00:09 – 00:51

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:12 – 12:30
Yamaganda15:08 – 16:26
Gulika Kāla08:35 – 09:53
Varjyam07:42 – 07:59
Dur Muhūrta 09:43 – 10:04

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (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):
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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:16 – 08:35 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:35 – 09:53 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:53 – 11:12 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:12 – 12:30 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:30 – 13:49 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:49 – 15:08 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:08 – 16:26 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:26 – 17:45 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:45 – 19:26 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:26 – 21:08 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:08 – 22:49 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:49 – 00:30 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:30 – 02:12 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:12 – 03:53 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:53 – 05:35 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:35 – 07:16 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 26.49°
Longitude: 74.55°
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 Śukla Navamī + Uttara Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867817.27
Julian Day2456282.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0342°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)96.51°
🪷 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 (24.0342°), declination -23.44°, 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: 2012-12-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)