पञ्चाङ्ग — Tokyo, Japan · December 15, 2013 CE

Also observed today

प्रदोष व्रत · Pradoṣa VrataShaiva

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 1.12 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga

तस्य संजनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः।

सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान्।।1.12।।

"1.12 Then to enliven his spirits, the brave Grandfather Bheeshma, eldest of the Kuru-clan, blew his conch, till it sounded like a lion's roar." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 1.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava

Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya

Bengali Saṁvat: 1420

Malayalam Era: 1189

Nanakshahi: 544

Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Kṛttikā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)	Taitila
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	239.17°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra	33.02°	Vṛṣabha	Kṛttikā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	159.38°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha	231.03°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	83.56°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra	273.84°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani	204.37°	Tulā	Viśākhā P2

Tokyo, Japan — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC+9)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:44 UTC+9
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:30 UTC+9
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:37 UTC+9
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	14:51 UTC+9
Candrāsta (Moonset)	04:55 UTC+9
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	9 Hours 45 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	14 Hours 14 Mins 28 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:26 – 06:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:56 – 06:44
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:18 – 11:57
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:15 – 13:54
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:18 – 16:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:30 – 16:54
Amṛta Kāla	16:15 – 18:00
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:18 – 23:57

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	15:17 – 16:30
Yamaganda	11:37 – 12:50
Gulika Kāla	14:04 – 15:17
Varjyam	07:09 – 07:24
Dur Muhūrta	09:01 – 09:21

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 Udveg	06:44 – 07:58 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	07:58 – 09:11 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	09:11 – 10:24 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	10:24 – 11:37 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	11:37 – 12:50 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	12:50 – 14:04 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	14:04 – 15:17 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	15:17 – 16:30 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	16:30 – 18:17 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	18:17 – 20:04 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	20:04 – 21:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	21:50 – 23:37 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	23:37 – 01:24 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	01:24 – 03:11 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	03:11 – 04:58 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	04:58 – 06:44 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 35.6762°

Longitude: 139.6503°

Timezone: UTC+9

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Sūrya Walk (सूर्य यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Trayodaśī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1868176.27
Julian Day	2456641.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0479°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	153.63°

🪷 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 (24.0479°), declination -23.26°, EoT 4.18 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: 2013-12-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)