पञ्चाङ्ग — Rāmeśvaram · December 28, 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 10.18 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
विस्तरेणात्मनो योगं विभूतिं च जनार्दन।

भूयः कथय तृप्तिर्हि श्रृण्वतो नास्ति मेऽमृतम्।।10.18।।
"10.18 Tell me again, I pray, about the fullness of Thy power and Thy glory; for I feel that I am never satisfied when I listen to Thy immortal words." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla 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)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya252.15°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra332.66°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala293.65°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha263.13°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati117.19°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra267.52°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani216.15°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:27 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:02 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:35 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:38 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 35 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 24 Mins 56 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:54 – 05:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:29 – 06:27
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta14:10 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta17:50 – 18:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:02 – 18:31
Amṛta Kāla17:47 – 19:32
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:38

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:35 – 18:02
Yamaganda12:15 – 13:42
Gulika Kāla15:08 – 16:35
Varjyam06:56 – 07:15
Dur Muhūrta 09:09 – 09:32

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:27 – 07:54 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:54 – 09:21 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:21 – 10:48 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:48 – 12:15 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:15 – 13:42 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:42 – 15:08 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:08 – 16:35 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:35 – 18:02 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:02 – 19:35 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:35 – 21:08 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:08 – 22:42 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:42 – 00:15 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:15 – 01:48 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:48 – 03:21 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:21 – 04:54 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:54 – 06:27 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 9.2876°
Longitude: 79.3129°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868554.27
Julian Day2457019.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0624°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)78.09°
🪷 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 (24.0624°), declination -23.29°, EoT -1.89 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: 2014-12-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)