पञ्चाङ्ग — Thane, Maharashtra · 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

Thane, Maharashtra — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:07 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:05 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:36 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:27 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:28 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 58 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 01 Mins 44 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:39 – 06:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:12 – 07:07
Abhijit Muhūrta12:14 – 12:58
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:10
Godhūli Muhūrta17:53 – 18:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:05 – 18:33
Amṛta Kāla17:50 – 19:35
Niśīta Muhūrta00:14 – 00:58

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:59 – 15:21
Yamaganda07:07 – 08:29
Gulika Kāla09:52 – 11:14
Varjyam07:35 – 07:52
Dur Muhūrta 09:41 – 10:03

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 Śubha07:07 – 08:29 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:29 – 09:52 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:52 – 11:14 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:14 – 12:36 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:36 – 13:59 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:59 – 15:21 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:21 – 16:43 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:43 – 18:05 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:05 – 19:43 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:43 – 21:21 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:21 – 22:59 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:59 – 00:36 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:36 – 02:14 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:14 – 03:52 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:52 – 05:29 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:29 – 07:07 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 19.2183°
Longitude: 72.9781°
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)