पञ्चाङ्ग — Jodhpur, Rajasthan · January 28, 1958 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.9 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
कार्यमित्येव यत्कर्म नियतं क्रियतेऽर्जुन।सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा फलं चैव स त्यागः सात्त्विको मतः।।18.9।।
"18.9 He who performs an obligatory action, because he believes it to be a duty which ought to be done, without any personal desire to do the act or to receive any return - such renunciation is Pure." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2015 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1880 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1365
Malayalam Era: 1134
Nanakshahi: 489
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya284.34°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra13.71°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala242.55°DhanuMūla P1
बुध Budha263.45°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati188.15°TulāSvātī P1
शुक्र Śukra286.08°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani239.44°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:25 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:17 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:51 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:18 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:19 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 52 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 07 Mins 25 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:58 – 06:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:30 – 07:25
Abhijit Muhūrta12:29 – 13:13
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta18:05 – 18:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:17 – 18:44
Amṛta Kāla18:02 – 19:47
Niśīta Muhūrta00:29 – 01:13

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:34 – 16:56
Yamaganda10:08 – 11:29
Gulika Kāla12:51 – 14:12
Varjyam07:52 – 08:09
Dur Muhūrta 09:57 – 10:19

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 Roga07:25 – 08:46 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:46 – 10:08 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:08 – 11:29 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:29 – 12:51 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:51 – 14:12 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:12 – 15:34 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:34 – 16:56 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:56 – 18:17 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:17 – 19:56 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:56 – 21:34 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:34 – 23:12 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:12 – 00:51 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:51 – 02:29 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:29 – 04:08 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:08 – 05:46 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:46 – 07:25 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

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-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5059
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1847766.27
Julian Day2436231.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.2673°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)92.07°
🪷 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 (23.2673°), declination -18.36°, EoT -12.97 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: 1958-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)