पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · December 26, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: पौष पूर्णिमा — Pauṣa Pūrṇimā (Śākambharī Devī Jayantī)
Manifestation of Devī Śākambharī (vegetation-mother).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.8 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्।

धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय संभवामि युगे युगे।।4.8।।
"4.8 To protect the righteous, to destroy the wicked and to establish the kingdom of God, I am reborn from age to age." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya249.79°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra58.11°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala238.44°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha241.81°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati11.45°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra210.86°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शनि Śani308.64°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:12 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:24 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:31 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:32 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 12 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 47 Mins 23 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:50 – 06:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:21 – 07:12
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta14:00 – 14:41
Godhūli Muhūrta17:12 – 17:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:24 – 17:50
Amṛta Kāla17:09 – 18:54
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:38

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:51 – 16:08
Yamaganda09:45 – 11:01
Gulika Kāla12:18 – 13:34
Varjyam07:37 – 07:53
Dur Muhūrta 09:35 – 09:55

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:12 – 08:28 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:28 – 09:45 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:45 – 11:01 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:01 – 12:18 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:18 – 13:34 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:34 – 14:51 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:51 – 16:08 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:08 – 17:24 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:24 – 19:08 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:08 – 20:51 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:51 – 22:34 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:34 – 00:18 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:18 – 02:01 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:01 – 03:45 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:45 – 05:28 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:28 – 07:12 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Mṛgaśīrṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871839.27
Julian Day2460304.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1880°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)169.82°
🪷 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 (24.1880°), declination -23.38°, EoT -0.96 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: 2023-12-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)