पञ्चाङ्ग — Dvārakā · January 7, 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 3.4 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
न कर्मणामनारम्भान्नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोऽश्नुते।

न च संन्यसनादेव सिद्धिं समधिगच्छति।।3.4।।
"3.4 No man can attain freedom from activity by refraining from action; nor can he reach perfection by merely refusing to act." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.4'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 Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya262.05°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra35.16°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala218.06°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha259.64°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati253.95°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra297.38°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani267.92°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:35 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:25 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)13:00 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:30 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 50 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 09 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:09 – 06:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:41 – 07:35
Abhijit Muhūrta12:39 – 13:22
Vijaya Muhūrta14:49 – 15:32
Godhūli Muhūrta18:13 – 18:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:25 – 18:53
Amṛta Kāla18:10 – 19:55
Niśīta Muhūrta00:39 – 01:22

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:43 – 17:04
Yamaganda10:18 – 11:39
Gulika Kāla13:00 – 14:22
Varjyam08:02 – 08:20
Dur Muhūrta 10:07 – 10:29

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (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 · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:35 – 08:57 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:57 – 10:18 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:18 – 11:39 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:39 – 13:00 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta13:00 – 14:22 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:22 – 15:43 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:43 – 17:04 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:04 – 18:25 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:25 – 20:04 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:04 – 21:43 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:43 – 23:22 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:22 – 01:00 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala01:00 – 02:39 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:39 – 04:18 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:18 – 05:57 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:57 – 07:35 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 22.2393°
Longitude: 68.9686°
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 Dvādaśī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870390.27
Julian Day2458855.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1326°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)133.24°
🪷 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 (24.1326°), declination -22.46°, 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: 2020-01-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)