पञ्चाङ्ग — Edison, NJ, USA · January 6, 2031 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 18.12 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अनिष्टमिष्टं मिश्रं च त्रिविधं कर्मणः फलम्।भवत्यत्यागिनां प्रेत्य न तु संन्यासिनां क्वचित्।।18.12।।
"18.12 For those who cannot renounce all desire, the fruit of action hereafter is threefold - good, evil, and partly good and partly evil. But for him who has renounced, there is none." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2088 Raktākṣī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1953 Virodhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1438
Malayalam Era: 1207
Nanakshahi: 562
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya261.21°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra51.66°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala180.34°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha237.87°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati232.23°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra279.65°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani38.24°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:22 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:45 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:38 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:33 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 23 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 36 Mins 04 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:06 – 06:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:35 – 07:22
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta13:38 – 14:15
Godhūli Muhūrta16:33 – 16:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:45 – 17:09
Amṛta Kāla16:30 – 18:15
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:22

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:32 – 09:43
Yamaganda10:53 – 12:04
Gulika Kāla13:14 – 14:25
Varjyam07:45 – 08:00
Dur Muhūrta 09:33 – 09:52

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:22 – 08:32 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:32 – 09:43 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:43 – 10:53 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:53 – 12:04 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:04 – 13:14 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:14 – 14:25 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:25 – 15:35 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:35 – 16:45 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:45 – 18:35 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:35 – 20:25 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:25 – 22:14 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:14 – 00:04 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:04 – 01:53 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:53 – 03:43 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:43 – 05:32 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:32 – 07:22 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 40.5187°
Longitude: -74.4121°
Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Trayodaśī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5132
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1874407.27
Julian Day2462872.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2862°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)149.25°
🪷 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 (24.2862°), declination -22.54°, EoT -5.88 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: 2031-01-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)