पञ्चाङ्ग — Jodhpur, Rajasthan · January 12, 1973 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 12.18 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः।शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः।।12.18।।
"12.18 He to whom friend and foe are alike, who welcomes equally honour and dishonour, heat and cold, pleasure and pain, who is enamoured of nothing," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2030 Akṣaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1895 Pramādī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1380
Malayalam Era: 1149
Nanakshahi: 504
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

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

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya268.22°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra355.81°MīnaRevatī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala225.33°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
बुध Budha258.30°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati267.45°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra247.21°DhanuMūla P3
शनि Śani51.42°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:27 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:05 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:46 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:19 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:54 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 37 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 22 Mins 18 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:02 – 06:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:34 – 07:27
Abhijit Muhūrta12:25 – 13:07
Vijaya Muhūrta14:32 – 15:15
Godhūli Muhūrta17:53 – 18:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:05 – 18:32
Amṛta Kāla17:50 – 19:35
Niśīta Muhūrta00:25 – 01:07

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:26 – 12:46
Yamaganda15:26 – 16:45
Gulika Kāla08:47 – 10:07
Varjyam07:54 – 08:11
Dur Muhūrta 09:56 – 10:17

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:27 – 08:47 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:47 – 10:07 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:07 – 11:26 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:26 – 12:46 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:46 – 14:06 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:06 – 15:26 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:26 – 16:45 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:45 – 18:05 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:05 – 19:45 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:45 – 21:26 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:26 – 23:06 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:06 – 00:46 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:46 – 02:26 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:26 – 04:07 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:07 – 05:47 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:47 – 07:27 (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 + Revatī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5074
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1853229.27
Julian Day2441694.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.4763°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)90.25°
🪷 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 (23.4763°), declination -21.69°, EoT -8.27 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: 1973-01-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)