पञ्चाङ्ग — Bikaner, Rajasthan · January 7, 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 14.24 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
समदुःखसुखः स्वस्थः समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः।तुल्यप्रियाप्रियो धीरस्तुल्यनिन्दात्मसंस्तुतिः।।14.24।।
"14.24 Who accepts pain and pleasure as it comes, is centred in his Self, to whom a piece of clay or stone or gold are the same, who neither likes nor dislikes, who is steadfast, indifferent alike to praise or censure;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.24'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 Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya262.78°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra353.31°MīnaRevatī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala95.21°KarkaPuṣya P1
बुध Budha243.41°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati48.38°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra309.56°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani320.90°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:29 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:57 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:43 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:28 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:03 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 27 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 32 Mins 49 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:06 – 06:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:37 – 07:29
Abhijit Muhūrta12:22 – 13:04
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta17:45 – 18:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:57 – 18:23
Amṛta Kāla17:42 – 19:27
Niśīta Muhūrta00:22 – 01:04

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:20 – 16:38
Yamaganda10:06 – 11:25
Gulika Kāla12:43 – 14:01
Varjyam07:56 – 08:12
Dur Muhūrta 09:56 – 10:17

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (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 · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:29 – 08:48 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:48 – 10:06 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:06 – 11:25 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:25 – 12:43 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:43 – 14:01 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:01 – 15:20 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:20 – 16:38 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:38 – 17:57 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:57 – 19:38 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:38 – 21:20 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:20 – 23:01 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:01 – 00:43 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:43 – 02:25 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:25 – 04:06 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:06 – 05:48 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:48 – 07:29 (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 Śukla Aṣṭamī + Revatī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872217.27
Julian Day2460682.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2025°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)90.87°
🪷 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 (24.2025°), declination -22.36°, EoT -6.29 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: 2025-01-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)