पञ्चाङ्ग — Ujjain · December 17, 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 11.54 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
भक्त्या त्वनन्यया शक्य अहमेवंविधोऽर्जुन।

ज्ञातुं दृष्टुं च तत्त्वेन प्रवेष्टुं च परंतप।।11.54।।
"11.54 Only by tireless devotion can I be seen and known; only thus can a man become one with Me, O Arjuna!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.54'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 Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya241.41°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra272.72°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala357.08°MīnaRevatī P4
बुध Budha239.37°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati275.31°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra217.27°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शनि Śani275.84°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

Ujjain — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:02 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:45 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:03 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:54 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 42 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 17 Mins 14 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:37 – 06:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:09 – 07:02
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:11 – 14:54
Godhūli Muhūrta17:33 – 17:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:45 – 18:12
Amṛta Kāla17:30 – 19:15
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:45

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:44 – 15:04
Yamaganda07:02 – 08:23
Gulika Kāla09:43 – 11:03
Varjyam07:29 – 07:46
Dur Muhūrta 09:32 – 09:54

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:02 – 08:23 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:23 – 09:43 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:43 – 11:03 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:03 – 12:24 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:24 – 13:44 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:44 – 15:04 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:04 – 16:25 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:25 – 17:45 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:45 – 19:25 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:25 – 21:04 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:04 – 22:44 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:44 – 00:24 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:24 – 02:03 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:03 – 03:43 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:43 – 05:23 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:23 – 07:02 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 23.1765°
Longitude: 75.7885°
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 Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870735.27
Julian Day2459200.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1458°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)31.61°
🪷 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 (24.1458°), declination -23.36°, EoT 3.25 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: 2020-12-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)