पञ्चाङ्ग — Jodhpur, Rajasthan · July 12, 1940 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.8 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम्।प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत।।14.8।।
"14.8 But Ignorance, the product of darkness, stupefies the senses in all embodied beings, binding them by chains of folly, indolence and lethargy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1997 Vijaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1862 Vikrama
Bengali Saṁvat: 1347
Malayalam Era: 1116
Nanakshahi: 471
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya86.51°MithunaPunarvasu P2
चन्द्र Candra173.50°KanyāCitrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala103.29°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha102.69°KarkaPuṣya P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati18.83°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra65.27°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
शनि Śani20.36°MeṣaBharaṇī P3

Jodhpur, Rajasthan — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:53 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:33 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:43 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:41 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:21 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 40 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 19 Mins 50 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:04 – 04:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:45 – 05:53
Abhijit Muhūrta12:16 – 13:10
Vijaya Muhūrta15:00 – 15:55
Godhūli Muhūrta19:21 – 19:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:33 – 20:07
Amṛta Kāla19:18 – 21:03
Niśīta Muhūrta00:16 – 01:10

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:01 – 12:43
Yamaganda16:08 – 17:51
Gulika Kāla07:36 – 09:18
Varjyam06:27 – 06:49
Dur Muhūrta 09:04 – 09:32

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:53 – 07:36 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:36 – 09:18 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:18 – 11:01 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:01 – 12:43 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:43 – 14:26 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:26 – 16:08 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg16:08 – 17:51 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:51 – 19:33 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:33 – 20:51 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:51 – 22:08 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala22:08 – 23:26 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:26 – 00:43 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:43 – 02:01 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:01 – 03:18 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:18 – 04:36 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:36 – 05:53 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 26.2389°
Longitude: 73.0243°
Timezone: UTC+5.5
Elevation: 224 m

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 Śukla Aṣṭamī + Hasta alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5042
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1841357.27
Julian Day2429822.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.0222°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)85.94°
🪷 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 (23.0222°), declination 22.02°, EoT -5.24 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: 1940-07-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)