पञ्चाङ्ग — Shimla, Himachal Pradesh · December 22, 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 10.12 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

परं ब्रह्म परं धाम पवित्रं परमं भवान्।

पुरुषं शाश्वतं दिव्यमादिदेवमजं विभुम्।।10.12।।
"10.12 Arjuna asked: Thou art the Supreme Spirit, the Eternal Home, the Holiest of the Holy, the Eternal Divine Self, the Primal God, the Unborn and the Omnipresent." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.12'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 Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Nāga
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya246.03°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra245.82°DhanuMūla P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala288.96°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
बुध Budha253.53°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati117.51°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra260.00°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani215.51°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

Shimla, Himachal Pradesh — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:17 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:24 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:17 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:22 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 07 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 52 Mins 32 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:56 – 06:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:26 – 07:17
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta14:02 – 14:42
Godhūli Muhūrta17:12 – 17:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:24 – 17:49
Amṛta Kāla17:09 – 18:54
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:41

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:33 – 09:49
Yamaganda11:04 – 12:20
Gulika Kāla13:36 – 14:52
Varjyam07:42 – 07:58
Dur Muhūrta 09:38 – 09:59

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:17 – 08:33 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:33 – 09:49 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:49 – 11:04 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:04 – 12:20 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:20 – 13:36 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:36 – 14:52 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:52 – 16:08 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:08 – 17:24 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:24 – 19:08 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:08 – 20:52 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:52 – 22:36 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:36 – 00:20 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:20 – 02:04 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:04 – 03:49 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:49 – 05:33 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:33 – 07:17 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 31.1048°
Longitude: 77.1734°
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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Mūla alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868548.27
Julian Day2457013.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0622°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)358.28°
🪷 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 (24.0622°), declination -23.44°, EoT 0.91 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: 2014-12-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)