पञ्चाङ्ग — Jodhpur, Rajasthan · January 24, 1978 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 5.18 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
विद्याविनयसंपन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि।

शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः।।5.18।।
"5.18 Sages look equally upon all, whether he be a minister of learning and humility, or an infidel, or whether it be a cow, an elephant or a dog." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2035 Prajāpati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1900 Kālayukta
Bengali Saṁvat: 1385
Malayalam Era: 1154
Nanakshahi: 509
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya280.15°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra96.95°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala97.59°KarkaPuṣya P2
बुध Budha259.70°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati63.47°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
शुक्र Śukra280.89°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शनि Śani125.33°SiṃhaMaghā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:26 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:14 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:50 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:53 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:21 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 48 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 11 Mins 39 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:59 – 06:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:32 – 07:26
Abhijit Muhūrta12:28 – 13:12
Vijaya Muhūrta14:38 – 15:21
Godhūli Muhūrta18:02 – 18:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:14 – 18:41
Amṛta Kāla17:59 – 19:44
Niśīta Muhūrta00:28 – 01:12

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:32 – 16:53
Yamaganda10:08 – 11:29
Gulika Kāla12:50 – 14:11
Varjyam07:53 – 08:10
Dur Muhūrta 09:57 – 10:19

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:26 – 08:47 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:47 – 10:08 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:08 – 11:29 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:29 – 12:50 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:50 – 14:11 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:11 – 15:32 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:32 – 16:53 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:53 – 18:14 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:14 – 19:53 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:53 – 21:32 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:32 – 23:11 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:11 – 00:50 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:50 – 02:29 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:29 – 04:08 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:08 – 05:47 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:47 – 07:26 (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 Pūrṇimā + Puṣya alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5079
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1855067.27
Julian Day2443532.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.5466°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)176.79°
🪷 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 (23.5466°), declination -19.32°, EoT -12.06 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: 1978-01-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)