पञ्चाङ्ग — Indore, Madhya Pradesh · January 12, 2008 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 18.29 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
बुद्धेर्भेदं धृतेश्चैव गुणतस्त्रिविधं श्रृणु।प्रोच्यमानमशेषेण पृथक्त्वेन धनञ्जय।।18.29।।
"18.29 Reason and conviction are threefold, according to the Quality which is dominant. I will explain them fully and severally, O Arjuna!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.29's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya267.22°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra309.42°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala62.37°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
बुध Budha282.15°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati252.24°DhanuMūla P4
शुक्र Śukra230.85°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani133.92°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1

Indore, Madhya Pradesh — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:09 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:00 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:35 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:38 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:09 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 50 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 09 Mins 07 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:43 – 06:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:15 – 07:09
Abhijit Muhūrta12:13 – 12:57
Vijaya Muhūrta14:23 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta17:48 – 18:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:00 – 18:27
Amṛta Kāla17:45 – 19:30
Niśīta Muhūrta00:13 – 00:57

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:52 – 11:13
Yamaganda13:56 – 15:18
Gulika Kāla07:09 – 08:31
Varjyam07:37 – 07:54
Dur Muhūrta 09:41 – 10:03

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:09 – 08:31 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:31 – 09:52 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:52 – 11:13 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:13 – 12:35 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:35 – 13:56 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:56 – 15:18 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:18 – 16:39 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:39 – 18:00 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:00 – 19:39 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:39 – 21:18 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:18 – 22:56 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:56 – 00:35 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:35 – 02:13 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:13 – 03:52 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:52 – 05:31 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:31 – 07:09 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 22.7196°
Longitude: 75.8577°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5109
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866012.27
Julian Day2454477.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9652°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)43.06°
🪷 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 (23.9652°), declination -21.77°, 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: 2008-01-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)