पञ्चाङ्ग — Bikaner, Rajasthan · January 13, 2015 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 10.34 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
मृत्युः सर्वहरश्चाहमुद्भवश्च भविष्यताम्।

कीर्तिः श्रीर्वाक्च नारीणां स्मृतिर्मेधा धृतिः क्षमा।।10.34।।
"10.34 I am all-devouring Death; I am the Origin of all that shall happen; I am Fame, Fortune, Speech, Memory, Intellect, Constancy and Forgiveness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya268.45°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra174.37°KanyāCitrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala306.17°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha287.03°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati115.84°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra287.54°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शनि Śani217.71°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:30 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:01 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:45 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:42 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 31 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 28 Mins 49 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:06 – 06:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:37 – 07:30
Abhijit Muhūrta12:24 – 13:06
Vijaya Muhūrta14:31 – 15:13
Godhūli Muhūrta17:49 – 18:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:01 – 18:27
Amṛta Kāla17:46 – 19:31
Niśīta Muhūrta00:24 – 01:06

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:23 – 16:42
Yamaganda10:08 – 11:26
Gulika Kāla12:45 – 14:04
Varjyam07:56 – 08:13
Dur Muhūrta 09:57 – 10:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:30 – 08:49 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:49 – 10:08 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:08 – 11:26 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:26 – 12:45 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:45 – 14:04 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:04 – 15:23 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:23 – 16:42 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:42 – 18:01 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:01 – 19:42 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:42 – 21:23 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:23 – 23:04 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:04 – 00:45 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:45 – 02:26 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:26 – 04:08 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:08 – 05:49 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:49 – 07:30 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Citrā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868570.27
Julian Day2457035.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0630°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)269.05°
🪷 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 (24.0630°), declination -21.56°, EoT -8.64 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: 2015-01-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)