पञ्चाङ्ग — Edison, NJ, USA · 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

Edison, NJ, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-5)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:21 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:45 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:32 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:10 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 23 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 36 Mins 35 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:06 – 06:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:34 – 07:21
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta13:37 – 14:15
Godhūli Muhūrta16:33 – 16:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:45 – 17:08
Amṛta Kāla16:30 – 18:15
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:22

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:34 – 16:45
Yamaganda12:03 – 13:14
Gulika Kāla14:24 – 15:34
Varjyam07:45 – 08:00
Dur Muhūrta 09:33 – 09:52

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 Udveg07:21 – 08:32 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:32 – 09:42 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:42 – 10:53 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:53 – 12:03 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:03 – 13:14 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:14 – 14:24 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:24 – 15:34 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:34 – 16:45 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:45 – 18:34 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:34 – 20:24 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:24 – 22:14 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:14 – 00:03 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:03 – 01:53 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:53 – 03:42 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:42 – 05:32 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:32 – 07:21 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 40.5187°
Longitude: -74.4121°
Timezone: UTC+-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)