पञ्चाङ्ग — Rāmeśvaram · December 24, 2012 CE

🪷 आज: पौष पुत्रदा एकादशी — Pauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
Ekādaśī granting putra-prāpti.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.19 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च।

अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च सदसच्चाहमर्जुन।।9.19।।
"9.19 I am the Heat of the Sun, I release and hold back the Rains. I am Death and Immortality; I am Being and Not-Being." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.19'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 Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya248.59°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra21.11°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala274.28°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha234.25°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati44.17°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra225.61°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शनि Śani194.58°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:25 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:00 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:49 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 34 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 25 Mins 06 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:53 – 05:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:27 – 06:25
Abhijit Muhūrta11:50 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta14:09 – 14:55
Godhūli Muhūrta17:48 – 18:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:00 – 18:29
Amṛta Kāla17:45 – 19:30
Niśīta Muhūrta23:50 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:52 – 09:19
Yamaganda10:46 – 12:13
Gulika Kāla13:40 – 15:06
Varjyam06:54 – 07:13
Dur Muhūrta 09:07 – 09:31

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) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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 Amṛta06:25 – 07:52 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:52 – 09:19 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:19 – 10:46 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:46 – 12:13 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:13 – 13:40 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:40 – 15:06 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:06 – 16:33 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:33 – 18:00 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:00 – 19:33 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:33 – 21:06 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:06 – 22:40 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:40 – 00:13 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:13 – 01:46 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:46 – 03:19 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:19 – 04:52 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:52 – 06:25 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 9.2876°
Longitude: 79.3129°
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 Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867820.27
Julian Day2456285.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0343°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)130.38°
🪷 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 (24.0343°), 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: 2012-12-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)