पञ्चाङ्ग — Śṛṅgerī (Śaṅkara-pīṭha) · December 24, 2009 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 18.40 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न तदस्ति पृथिव्यां वा दिवि देवेषु वा पुनः।सत्त्वं प्रकृतिजैर्मुक्तं यदेभिः स्यात्ित्रभिर्गुणैः।।18.40।।
"18.40 There is nothing anywhere on earth or in the higher worlds which is free from the three Qualities - for they are born of Nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.40's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya248.36°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra330.45°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala115.48°KarkaAśleṣā P3
बुध Budha267.21°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati301.07°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra243.72°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani160.04°KanyāHasta P1

Śṛṅgerī (Śaṅkara-pīṭha) — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:49 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:09 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:29 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:57 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:58 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 20 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 39 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:18 – 06:04
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:52 – 06:49
Abhijit Muhūrta12:06 – 12:52
Vijaya Muhūrta14:22 – 15:08
Godhūli Muhūrta17:57 – 18:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:09 – 18:37
Amṛta Kāla17:54 – 19:39
Niśīta Muhūrta00:06 – 00:52

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:54 – 15:19
Yamaganda06:49 – 08:14
Gulika Kāla09:39 – 11:04
Varjyam07:17 – 07:35
Dur Muhūrta 09:28 – 09:50

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (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 · 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 Śubha06:49 – 08:14 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:14 – 09:39 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:39 – 11:04 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:04 – 12:29 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:29 – 13:54 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:54 – 15:19 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:19 – 16:44 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:44 – 18:09 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:09 – 19:44 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:44 – 21:19 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:19 – 22:54 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:54 – 00:29 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:29 – 02:04 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:04 – 03:39 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:39 – 05:14 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:14 – 06:49 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 13.4198°
Longitude: 75.2526°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Uttara Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5111
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866724.27
Julian Day2455189.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9924°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)85.82°
🪷 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 (23.9924°), declination -23.42°, EoT -0.03 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: 2009-12-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)