पञ्चाङ्ग — Śirḍī · January 4, 2021 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 12.17 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति।शुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्ितमान्यः स मे प्रियः।।12.17।।
"12.17 He who is beyond joy and hate, who neither laments nor desires, to whom good and evil fortunes are the same, such a one is My beloved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya259.75°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra139.38°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala4.27°MeṣaAśvinī P2
बुध Budha268.31°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati279.33°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra239.80°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani277.83°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:08 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:06 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:37 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:24 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:47 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 58 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 01 Mins 27 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:40 – 06:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:13 – 07:08
Abhijit Muhūrta12:15 – 12:59
Vijaya Muhūrta14:27 – 15:11
Godhūli Muhūrta17:54 – 18:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:06 – 18:34
Amṛta Kāla17:51 – 19:36
Niśīta Muhūrta00:15 – 00:59

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:30 – 09:52
Yamaganda11:15 – 12:37
Gulika Kāla13:59 – 15:22
Varjyam07:35 – 07:53
Dur Muhūrta 09:42 – 10:03

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:08 – 08:30 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:30 – 09:52 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:52 – 11:15 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:15 – 12:37 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:37 – 13:59 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:59 – 15:22 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:22 – 16:44 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:44 – 18:06 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:06 – 19:44 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:44 – 21:22 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:22 – 22:59 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:59 – 00:37 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:37 – 02:15 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:15 – 03:52 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:52 – 05:30 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:30 – 07:08 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 19.7645°
Longitude: 74.4769°
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 Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870753.27
Julian Day2459218.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1465°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)240.44°
🪷 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 (24.1465°), declination -22.71°, EoT -5.02 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: 2021-01-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)