पञ्चाङ्ग — Śṛṅgerī (Śaṅkara-pīṭha) · December 20, 2012 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 9.15 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
ज्ञानयज्ञेन चाप्यन्ये यजन्तो मामुपासते।

एकत्वेन पृथक्त्वेन बहुधा विश्वतोमुखम्।।9.15।।
"9.15 Others worship Me with full consciousness as the One, the Manifold, the Omnipresent, the Universal." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya244.52°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra332.45°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala271.15°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha228.29°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati44.64°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra220.61°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani194.23°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:47 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:07 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:27 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:18 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:20 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 20 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 39 Mins 59 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:16 – 06:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:50 – 06:47
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:06
Godhūli Muhūrta17:55 – 18:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:07 – 18:35
Amṛta Kāla17:52 – 19:37
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:50

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:52 – 15:17
Yamaganda06:47 – 08:12
Gulika Kāla09:37 – 11:02
Varjyam07:15 – 07:34
Dur Muhūrta 09:26 – 09:48

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:47 – 08:12 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:12 – 09:37 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:37 – 11:02 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:02 – 12:27 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:27 – 13:52 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:52 – 15:17 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:17 – 16:42 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:42 – 18:07 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:07 – 19:42 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:42 – 21:17 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:17 – 22:52 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:52 – 00:27 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:27 – 02:02 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:02 – 03:37 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:37 – 05:12 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:12 – 06:47 (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 + Pūrva Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867816.27
Julian Day2456281.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0342°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)84.98°
🪷 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 (24.0342°), declination -23.43°, EoT 1.85 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: 2012-12-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)