पञ्चाङ्ग — Jodhpur, Rajasthan · January 6, 1957 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 6.12 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
तत्रैकाग्रं मनः कृत्वा यतचित्तेन्द्रियक्रियः।

उपविश्यासने युञ्ज्याद्योगमात्मविशुद्धये।।6.12।।
"6.12 Seated thus, his mind concentrated, its functions controlled and his senses governed, let him practise meditation for the purification of his lower nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2014 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1879 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1364
Malayalam Era: 1133
Nanakshahi: 488
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya262.21°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra316.07°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala353.90°MīnaRevatī P3
बुध Budha272.85°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati158.38°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra238.84°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani226.96°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:27 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:01 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:44 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:33 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:06 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 33 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 26 Mins 14 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:02 – 06:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:34 – 07:27
Abhijit Muhūrta12:23 – 13:05
Vijaya Muhūrta14:29 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta17:49 – 18:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:01 – 18:27
Amṛta Kāla17:46 – 19:31
Niśīta Muhūrta00:23 – 01:05

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:41 – 18:01
Yamaganda12:44 – 14:03
Gulika Kāla15:22 – 16:41
Varjyam07:53 – 08:10
Dur Muhūrta 09:55 – 10:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (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 Udveg07:27 – 08:46 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:46 – 10:05 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:05 – 11:25 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:25 – 12:44 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:44 – 14:03 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:03 – 15:22 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:22 – 16:41 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:41 – 18:01 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:01 – 19:41 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:41 – 21:22 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:22 – 23:03 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:03 – 00:44 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:44 – 02:25 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:25 – 04:05 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:05 – 05:46 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:46 – 07:27 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

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 Year5058
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1847379.27
Julian Day2435844.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.2525°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)57.66°
🪷 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 (23.2525°), declination -22.54°, 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: 1957-01-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)