पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · December 23, 2020 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 12.5 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम्।

अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते।।12.5।।
"12.5 But they who thus fix their attention on the Absolute and Impersonal encounter greater hardships, for it is difficult for those who possess a body to realise Me as without one." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya247.52°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra349.20°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala359.27°MīnaRevatī P4
बुध Budha248.89°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati276.62°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra224.77°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शनि Śani276.48°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:10 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:23 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:48 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:18 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 12 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 47 Mins 39 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:49 – 06:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:19 – 07:10
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta13:59 – 14:39
Godhūli Muhūrta17:11 – 17:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:23 – 17:48
Amṛta Kāla17:08 – 18:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:37

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:16 – 13:33
Yamaganda08:27 – 09:43
Gulika Kāla11:00 – 12:16
Varjyam07:36 – 07:52
Dur Muhūrta 09:33 – 09:54

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
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 · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:10 – 08:27 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:27 – 09:43 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:43 – 11:00 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:00 – 12:16 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:16 – 13:33 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:33 – 14:50 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:50 – 16:06 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:06 – 17:23 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:23 – 19:06 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:06 – 20:50 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:50 – 22:33 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:33 – 00:16 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:16 – 02:00 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:00 – 03:43 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:43 – 05:27 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:27 – 07:10 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 30.0869°
Longitude: 78.2676°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Revatī alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870741.27
Julian Day2459206.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1460°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)100.06°
🪷 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 (24.1460°), declination -23.43°, EoT 0.44 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: 2020-12-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)