पञ्चाङ्ग — Jodhpur, Rajasthan · May 12, 1998 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.2 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

काम्यानां कर्मणां न्यासं संन्यासं कवयो विदुः।

सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं प्राहुस्त्यागं विचक्षणाः।।18.2।।
"18.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: The sages say that renunciation means forgoing an action which springs from desire; and relinquishing means the surrender of its fruit." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya27.30°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
चन्द्र Candra212.21°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala27.54°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
बुध Budha1.88°MeṣaAśvinī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati327.73°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
शुक्र Śukra345.55°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani3.05°MeṣaAśvinī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:53 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:15 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:34 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:31 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:17 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 21 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 38 Mins 10 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:06 – 05:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:46 – 05:53
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 13:01
Vijaya Muhūrta14:48 – 15:41
Godhūli Muhūrta19:03 – 19:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:15 – 19:48
Amṛta Kāla19:00 – 20:45
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 01:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:55 – 17:35
Yamaganda09:14 – 10:54
Gulika Kāla12:34 – 14:14
Varjyam06:27 – 06:48
Dur Muhūrta 09:00 – 09:27

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:53 – 07:33 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:33 – 09:14 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:14 – 10:54 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:54 – 12:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:34 – 14:14 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:14 – 15:55 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:55 – 17:35 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:35 – 19:15 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:15 – 20:35 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:35 – 21:55 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:55 – 23:14 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:14 – 00:34 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:34 – 01:54 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:54 – 03:14 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:14 – 04:33 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:33 – 05:53 (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 Kṛṣṇa Pratipada + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5100
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862480.27
Julian Day2450945.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.8301°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)185.65°
🪷 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 (23.8301°), declination 18.04°, EoT 3.74 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: 1998-05-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)