पञ्चाङ्ग — Śṛṅgerī (Śaṅkara-pīṭha) · December 25, 2011 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 18.70 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अध्येष्यते च य इमं धर्म्यं संवादमावयोः।ज्ञानयज्ञेन तेनाहमिष्टः स्यामिति मे मतिः।।18.70।।
"18.70 He who will study this spiritual discourse of ours, I assure thee, he shall thereby worship Me at the altar of Wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.70's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya248.85°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra252.62°DhanuMūla P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala144.02°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha226.88°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati6.19°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra281.09°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शनि Śani183.53°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:49 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:10 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:29 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:06 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:24 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 20 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 39 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:19 – 06:04
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:53 – 06:49
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 12:52
Vijaya Muhūrta14:23 – 15:08
Godhūli Muhūrta17:58 – 18:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:10 – 18:38
Amṛta Kāla17:55 – 19:40
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 00:52

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:45 – 18:10
Yamaganda12:29 – 13:54
Gulika Kāla15:20 – 16:45
Varjyam07:18 – 07:36
Dur Muhūrta 09:28 – 09:51

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:49 – 08:14 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:14 – 09:39 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:39 – 11:04 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:04 – 12:29 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:29 – 13:54 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:54 – 15:20 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:20 – 16:45 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:45 – 18:10 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:10 – 19:45 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:45 – 21:20 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:20 – 22:54 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:54 – 00:29 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:29 – 02:04 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:04 – 03:39 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:39 – 05:14 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:14 – 06:49 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 13.4198°
Longitude: 75.2526°
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 Year5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867455.27
Julian Day2455920.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0204°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)5.33°
🪷 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 (24.0204°), declination -23.41°, EoT -0.49 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: 2011-12-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)