पञ्चाङ्ग — Bikaner, Rajasthan · January 14, 2012 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 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 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: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa 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 (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya269.23°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra148.71°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala148.26°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha254.33°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati6.81°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra305.57°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani184.70°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:30 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:02 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:46 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:35 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:52 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 31 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 28 Mins 12 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:06 – 06:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:37 – 07:30
Abhijit Muhūrta12:25 – 13:07
Vijaya Muhūrta14:31 – 15:13
Godhūli Muhūrta17:50 – 18:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:02 – 18:28
Amṛta Kāla17:47 – 19:32
Niśīta Muhūrta00:25 – 01:07

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:08 – 11:27
Yamaganda14:05 – 15:24
Gulika Kāla07:30 – 08:49
Varjyam07:56 – 08:13
Dur Muhūrta 09:57 – 10:18

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:30 – 08:49 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:49 – 10:08 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:08 – 11:27 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:27 – 12:46 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:46 – 14:05 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:05 – 15:24 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:24 – 16:43 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:43 – 18:02 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:02 – 19:43 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:43 – 21:24 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:24 – 23:05 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:05 – 00:46 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:46 – 02:27 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:27 – 04:08 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:08 – 05:49 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:49 – 07:30 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 28.0229°
Longitude: 73.3119°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867475.27 · 5113.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455940.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0211° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)239.22° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (24.0211°) · declination -21.43° · EoT -9.00 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2012-01-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)