पञ्चाङ्ग — Shimla, Himachal Pradesh · December 30, 2029 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 6.30 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
यो मां पश्यति सर्वत्र सर्वं च मयि पश्यति।

तस्याहं न प्रणश्यामि स च मे न प्रणश्यति।।6.30।।
"6.30 He who sees Me in everything and everything in Me, him shall I never forsake, nor shall he lose Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.30's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2086 Dundubhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1951 Saumya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1436
Malayalam Era: 1205
Nanakshahi: 560
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya254.34°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra185.74°TulāCitrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala288.48°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
बुध Budha257.41°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati206.03°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra265.82°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani24.11°MeṣaBharaṇī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:20 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:29 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:15 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:24 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 09 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 50 Mins 54 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:58 – 06:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:29 – 07:20
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:06 – 14:46
Godhūli Muhūrta17:17 – 17:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:29 – 17:54
Amṛta Kāla17:14 – 18:59
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:13 – 17:29
Yamaganda12:24 – 13:40
Gulika Kāla14:56 – 16:13
Varjyam07:45 – 08:01
Dur Muhūrta 09:42 – 10:02

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:20 – 08:36 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:36 – 09:52 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:52 – 11:08 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:08 – 12:24 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:24 – 13:40 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:40 – 14:56 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:56 – 16:13 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:13 – 17:29 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:29 – 19:13 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:13 – 20:56 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:56 – 22:40 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:40 – 00:24 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:24 – 02:08 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:08 – 03:52 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:52 – 05:36 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:36 – 07:20 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 31.1048°
Longitude: 77.1734°
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 Year5131
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1874035.27
Julian Day2462500.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2720°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)293.64°
🪷 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 (24.2720°), declination -23.16°, EoT -2.80 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: 2029-12-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)