पञ्चाङ्ग — Jamnagar, Gujarat · January 8, 2016 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 2.18 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अन्तवन्त इमे देहा नित्यस्योक्ताः शरीरिणः।

अनाशिनोऽप्रमेयस्य तस्माद्युध्यस्व भारत।।2.18।।
"2.18 The material bodies which this Eternal, Indestructible, Immeasurable Spirit inhabits are all finite. Therefore fight, O Valiant Man!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya263.09°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra238.29°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala188.12°TulāSvātī P1
बुध Budha276.20°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati148.43°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra226.32°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शनि Śani227.59°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:32 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:56 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:55 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:39 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 49 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 10 Mins 22 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:05 – 06:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:38 – 07:32
Abhijit Muhūrta12:35 – 13:18
Vijaya Muhūrta14:45 – 15:28
Godhūli Muhūrta18:09 – 18:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:21 – 18:48
Amṛta Kāla18:06 – 19:51
Niśīta Muhūrta00:35 – 01:18

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:35 – 12:56
Yamaganda15:39 – 17:00
Gulika Kāla08:53 – 10:14
Varjyam07:59 – 08:16
Dur Muhūrta 10:03 – 10:25

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:32 – 08:53 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:53 – 10:14 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:14 – 11:35 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:35 – 12:56 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:56 – 14:18 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:18 – 15:39 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:39 – 17:00 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:00 – 18:21 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:21 – 20:00 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:00 – 21:39 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:39 – 23:18 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:18 – 00:56 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:56 – 02:35 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:35 – 04:14 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:14 – 05:53 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:53 – 07:32 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

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 Trayodaśī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868930.27
Julian Day2457395.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0768°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)334.26°
🪷 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 (24.0768°), declination -22.33°, EoT -6.70 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: 2016-01-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)