पञ्चाङ्ग — Śṛṅgerī (Śaṅkara-pīṭha) · December 19, 2015 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 1.45 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अहो बत महत्पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम्।

यद्राज्यसुखलोभेन हन्तुं स्वजनमुद्यताः।।1.45।।
"1.45 Alas, it is strange that we should be willing to kill our own countrymen and commit a great sin, in order to enjoy the pleasures of a kingdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.45's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya242.72°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra338.00°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala176.95°KanyāCitrā P2
बुध Budha259.34°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati147.79°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra202.14°TulāViśākhā P1
शनि Śani225.39°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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)12:45 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:51 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 20 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 39 Mins 54 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:16 – 06:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:50 – 06:47
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:49
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta17:55 – 18:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:07 – 18:35
Amṛta Kāla17:52 – 19:37
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:49

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:37 – 11:02
Yamaganda13:52 – 15:17
Gulika Kāla06:47 – 08:12
Varjyam07:15 – 07:33
Dur Muhūrta 09:25 – 09:48

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (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 Kāla06:47 – 08:12 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:12 – 09:37 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:37 – 11:02 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:02 – 12:27 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:27 – 13:52 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:52 – 15:17 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:17 – 16:42 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:42 – 18:07 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:07 – 19:42 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:42 – 21:17 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:17 – 22:52 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:52 – 00:27 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:27 – 02:02 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:02 – 03:37 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:37 – 05:12 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:12 – 06:47 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868910.27
Julian Day2457375.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0760°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)96.47°
🪷 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 (24.0760°), declination -23.40°, EoT 2.32 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: 2015-12-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)