पञ्चाङ्ग — Udaipur, Rajasthan · December 26, 2016 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 11.4 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
मन्यसे यदि तच्छक्यं मया द्रष्टुमिति प्रभो।

योगेश्वर ततो मे त्वं दर्शयाऽत्मानमव्ययम्।।11.4।।
"11.4 If Thou thinkest that it can be made possible for me to see it, show me, O Lord of Lords, Thine own Eternal Self." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya250.60°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra214.79°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala310.68°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
बुध Budha256.76°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati175.87°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra296.63°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani236.40°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

Udaipur, Rajasthan — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:18 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:55 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:36 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:48 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:37 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 36 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 23 Mins 01 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:53 – 06:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:25 – 07:18
Abhijit Muhūrta12:15 – 12:57
Vijaya Muhūrta14:22 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta17:43 – 18:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:55 – 18:21
Amṛta Kāla17:40 – 19:25
Niśīta Muhūrta00:15 – 00:57

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:37 – 09:57
Yamaganda11:16 – 12:36
Gulika Kāla13:56 – 15:15
Varjyam07:44 – 08:01
Dur Muhūrta 09:46 – 10:07

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (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):
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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:18 – 08:37 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:37 – 09:57 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:57 – 11:16 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:16 – 12:36 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:36 – 13:56 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:56 – 15:15 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:15 – 16:35 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:35 – 17:55 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:55 – 19:35 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:35 – 21:15 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:15 – 22:56 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:56 – 00:36 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:36 – 02:16 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:16 – 03:57 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:57 – 05:37 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:37 – 07:18 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 24.5854°
Longitude: 73.7125°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869283.27
Julian Day2457748.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0903°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)322.65°
🪷 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 (24.0903°), declination -23.35°, EoT -0.96 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: 2016-12-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)