पञ्चाङ्ग — Jodhpur, Rajasthan · January 7, 1996 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 12.1 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाचएवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते।येचाप्यक्षरमव्यक्तं तेषां के योगवित्तमाः।।12.1।।
"12.1 "Arjuna asked: My Lord! Which are the better devotees who worship Thee, those who try to know Thee as a Personal God, or those who worship Thee as Impersonal and Indestructible?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya262.21°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra94.98°KarkaPuṣya P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala275.13°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha280.77°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati247.19°DhanuMūla P3
शुक्र Śukra296.29°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani326.03°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2

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)18:50 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:20 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 34 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 25 Mins 56 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:03 – 06:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:34 – 07:27
Abhijit Muhūrta12:23 – 13:05
Vijaya Muhūrta14:30 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta17:49 – 18:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:01 – 18:28
Amṛta Kāla17:46 – 19:31
Niśīta Muhūrta00:23 – 01:05

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:42 – 18:01
Yamaganda12:44 – 14:03
Gulika Kāla15:23 – 16:42
Varjyam07:54 – 08:10
Dur Muhūrta 09:55 – 10:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (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 · 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 Udveg07:27 – 08:46 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:46 – 10:06 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:06 – 11:25 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:25 – 12:44 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:44 – 14:03 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:03 – 15:23 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:23 – 16:42 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:42 – 18:01 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:01 – 19:42 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:42 – 21:23 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:23 – 23:03 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:03 – 00:44 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:44 – 02:25 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:25 – 04:06 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:06 – 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 Year5097
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861624.27
Julian Day2450089.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.7973°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)194.48°
🪷 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 (23.7973°), declination -22.48°, EoT -6.29 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: 1996-01-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)