पञ्चाङ्ग — Śṛṅgerī (Śaṅkara-pīṭha) · January 7, 2020 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 3.4 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
न कर्मणामनारम्भान्नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोऽश्नुते।

न च संन्यसनादेव सिद्धिं समधिगच्छति।।3.4।।
"3.4 No man can attain freedom from activity by refraining from action; nor can he reach perfection by merely refusing to act." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya262.05°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra35.16°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala218.06°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha259.64°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati253.95°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra297.38°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani267.92°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:54 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:16 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:35 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:05 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:50 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 22 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 37 Mins 50 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:23 – 06:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:57 – 06:54
Abhijit Muhūrta12:13 – 12:58
Vijaya Muhūrta14:29 – 15:14
Godhūli Muhūrta18:04 – 18:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:16 – 18:45
Amṛta Kāla18:01 – 19:46
Niśīta Muhūrta00:13 – 00:58

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:26 – 16:51
Yamaganda09:45 – 11:10
Gulika Kāla12:35 – 14:01
Varjyam07:23 – 07:41
Dur Muhūrta 09:33 – 09:56

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:54 – 08:19 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:19 – 09:45 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:45 – 11:10 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:10 – 12:35 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:35 – 14:01 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:01 – 15:26 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:26 – 16:51 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:51 – 18:16 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:16 – 19:51 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:51 – 21:26 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:26 – 23:01 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:01 – 00:35 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:35 – 02:10 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:10 – 03:45 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:45 – 05:19 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:19 – 06:54 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Dvādaśī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870390.27
Julian Day2458855.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1326°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)133.24°
🪷 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 (24.1326°), declination -22.46°, EoT -6.29 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: 2020-01-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)