पञ्चाङ्ग — Indore, Madhya Pradesh · January 12, 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 18.18 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं परिज्ञाता त्रिविधा कर्मचोदना।करणं कर्म कर्तेति त्रिविधः कर्मसंग्रहः।।18.18।।
"18.18 Knowledge, the knower and the object of knowledge, these are the three incentives to action; and the act, the actor and the instrument are the threefold constituents." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya267.33°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra123.82°SiṃhaMaghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala183.34°TulāCitrā P4
बुध Budha245.02°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati233.47°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra287.15°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शनि Śani37.98°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4

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)20:38 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:24 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 51 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 08 Mins 52 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:42 – 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 – 18:28
Amṛta Kāla17:45 – 19:30
Niśīta Muhūrta00:13 – 00:57

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:39 – 18:00
Yamaganda12:35 – 13:56
Gulika Kāla15:18 – 16:39
Varjyam07:36 – 07:54
Dur Muhūrta 09:41 – 10:03

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:09 – 08:31 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:31 – 09:52 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:52 – 11:13 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:13 – 12:35 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:35 – 13:56 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:56 – 15:18 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:18 – 16:39 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:39 – 18:00 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:00 – 19:39 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:39 – 21:18 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:18 – 22:56 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:56 – 00:35 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:35 – 02:13 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:13 – 03:52 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:52 – 05:31 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:31 – 07:09 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

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 Year5132
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1874413.27
Julian Day2462878.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2865°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)218.99°
🪷 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 (24.2865°), declination -21.70°, 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: 2031-01-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)