पञ्चाङ्ग — Rāmeśvaram · December 19, 2014 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 10.9 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
मच्चित्ता मद्गतप्राणा बोधयन्तः परस्परम्।

कथयन्तश्च मां नित्यं तुष्यन्ति च रमन्ति च।।10.9।।
"10.9 With minds concentrated on Me, with lives absorbed in Me, and enlightening each other, they ever feel content and happy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya242.98°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra204.34°TulāViśākhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala286.62°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha248.74°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati117.62°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra256.23°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani215.18°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:23 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:58 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:10 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:45 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:27 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 34 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 25 Mins 06 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:50 – 05:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:25 – 06:23
Abhijit Muhūrta11:47 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta14:06 – 14:53
Godhūli Muhūrta17:46 – 18:10
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:58 – 18:27
Amṛta Kāla17:43 – 19:28
Niśīta Muhūrta23:47 – 00:34

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:44 – 12:10
Yamaganda15:04 – 16:31
Gulika Kāla07:50 – 09:17
Varjyam06:52 – 07:10
Dur Muhūrta 09:05 – 09:28

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:23 – 07:50 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:50 – 09:17 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:17 – 10:44 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:44 – 12:10 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:10 – 13:37 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:37 – 15:04 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:04 – 16:31 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:31 – 17:58 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:58 – 19:31 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:31 – 21:04 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:04 – 22:37 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:37 – 00:10 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:10 – 01:44 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:44 – 03:17 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:17 – 04:50 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:50 – 06:23 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 9.2876°
Longitude: 79.3129°
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 Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868545.27
Julian Day2457010.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0620°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)321.49°
🪷 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 (24.0620°), declination -23.40°, EoT 2.32 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: 2014-12-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)