पञ्चाङ्ग — Shimla, Himachal Pradesh · December 22, 2031 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 7.4 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च।

अहङ्कार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा।।7.4।।
"7.4 Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect and personality; this is the eightfold division of My Manifested Nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2088 Raktākṣī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1953 Virodhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1438
Malayalam Era: 1207
Nanakshahi: 562
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya245.67°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra348.60°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala299.40°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha224.05°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati253.68°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra206.33°TulāViśākhā P2
शनि Śani54.19°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā 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)12:57 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:27 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: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5133
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1874757.27
Julian Day2463222.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2996°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)100.25°
🪷 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 (24.2996°), 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: 2031-12-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)