पञ्चाङ्ग — Bikaner, Rajasthan · January 5, 2025 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 14.22 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाचप्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव।न द्वेष्टि सम्प्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति।।14.22।।
"14.22 Lord Shri Krishna replied: O Prince! He who shuns not the Quality which is present, and longs not for that which is absent;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2082 Kālayukta
Śaka Saṁvat: 1947 Viśvāvasu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1432
Malayalam Era: 1201
Nanakshahi: 556
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya260.74°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra325.24°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala95.95°KarkaPuṣya P1
बुध Budha240.62°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati48.56°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra307.46°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani320.74°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:29 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:55 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:42 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:06 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:54 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 25 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 34 Mins 01 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:06 – 06:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:37 – 07:29
Abhijit Muhūrta12:21 – 13:03
Vijaya Muhūrta14:27 – 15:08
Godhūli Muhūrta17:43 – 18:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:55 – 18:21
Amṛta Kāla17:40 – 19:25
Niśīta Muhūrta00:21 – 01:03

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:37 – 17:55
Yamaganda12:42 – 14:00
Gulika Kāla15:19 – 16:37
Varjyam07:55 – 08:12
Dur Muhūrta 09:55 – 10:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (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 · 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 · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:29 – 08:47 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:47 – 10:06 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:06 – 11:24 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:24 – 12:42 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:42 – 14:00 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:00 – 15:19 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:19 – 16:37 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:37 – 17:55 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:55 – 19:37 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:37 – 21:19 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:19 – 23:00 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:00 – 00:42 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:42 – 02:24 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:24 – 04:06 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:06 – 05:47 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:47 – 07:29 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872215.27
Julian Day2460680.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2024°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)64.21°
🪷 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 (24.2024°), declination -22.60°, EoT -5.45 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: 2025-01-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)