पञ्चाङ्ग — Jamnagar, Gujarat · January 6, 2009 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 8.1 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

किं तद्ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम।

अधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते।।8.1।।
"8.1 "Arjuna asked: O Lord of Lords! What is that which men call the Supreme Spirit, what is man's Spiritual Nature, and what is the Law? What is Matter and what is Divinity?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya261.87°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra11.29°MeṣaAśvinī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala253.23°DhanuMūla P4
बुध Budha281.04°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati276.60°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra308.59°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani147.55°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

Jamnagar, Gujarat — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:31 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:20 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:56 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:48 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:38 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 49 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 11 Mins 00 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:05 – 06:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:37 – 07:31
Abhijit Muhūrta12:34 – 13:17
Vijaya Muhūrta14:44 – 15:27
Godhūli Muhūrta18:08 – 18:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:20 – 18:47
Amṛta Kāla18:05 – 19:50
Niśīta Muhūrta00:34 – 01:17

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:38 – 16:59
Yamaganda10:13 – 11:35
Gulika Kāla12:56 – 14:17
Varjyam07:58 – 08:15
Dur Muhūrta 10:03 – 10:24

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:31 – 08:52 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:52 – 10:13 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:13 – 11:35 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:35 – 12:56 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:56 – 14:17 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:17 – 15:38 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:38 – 16:59 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:59 – 18:20 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:20 – 19:59 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:59 – 21:38 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:38 – 23:17 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:17 – 00:56 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:56 – 02:35 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:35 – 04:13 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:13 – 05:52 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:52 – 07:31 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 22.4707°
Longitude: 70.0577°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866372.27
Julian Day2454837.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9789°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)112.86°
🪷 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 (23.9789°), declination -22.50°, 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: 2009-01-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)