पञ्चाङ्ग — Suva, Fiji · January 12, 2018 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 2.52 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
यदा ते मोहकलिलं बुद्धिर्व्यतितरिष्यति।

तदा गन्तासि निर्वेदं श्रोतव्यस्य श्रुतस्य च।।2.52।।
"2.52 When thy reason has crossed the entanglements of illusion, then shalt thou become indifferent both to the philosophies thou hast heard and to those thou mayest yet hear." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.52's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya267.67°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra212.90°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala206.63°TulāViśākhā P2
बुध Budha246.69°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati204.36°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra268.08°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani248.42°DhanuMūla P3

Suva, Fiji — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · NZST/FJT)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:41 NZST/FJT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:48 NZST/FJT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 NZST/FJT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:06 NZST/FJT
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:05 NZST/FJT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 07 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 52 Mins 35 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:56 – 04:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:35 – 05:41
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:18
Godhūli Muhūrta18:36 – 19:00
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:48 – 19:21
Amṛta Kāla18:33 – 20:18
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:41

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:36 – 12:14
Yamaganda15:31 – 17:10
Gulika Kāla07:19 – 08:58
Varjyam06:14 – 06:35
Dur Muhūrta 08:44 – 09:11

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-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):
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 · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:41 – 07:19 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:19 – 08:58 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:58 – 10:36 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:36 – 12:14 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:14 – 13:53 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:53 – 15:31 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:31 – 17:10 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:10 – 18:48 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:48 – 20:10 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:10 – 21:31 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:31 – 22:53 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:53 – 00:14 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:14 – 01:36 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:36 – 02:58 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:58 – 04:19 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:19 – 05:41 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -18.1248°
Longitude: 178.4501°
Timezone: UTC+12

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869665.27
Julian Day2458130.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1049°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)302.63°
🪷 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 (24.1049°), declination -21.68°, EoT -8.27 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: 2018-01-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)