पञ्चाङ्ग — Jodhpur, Rajasthan · December 24, 1998 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 3.31 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
ये मे मतमिदं नित्यमनुतिष्ठन्ति मानवाः।

श्रद्धावन्तोऽनसूयन्तो मुच्यन्ते तेऽपि कर्मभिः।।3.31।।
"3.31 Those who always act in accordance with My precepts, firm in faith and without cavilling, they too are freed from the bondage of action." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.31's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya248.17°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra307.94°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala170.53°KanyāHasta P4
बुध Budha226.88°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati327.00°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
शुक्र Śukra261.60°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani2.90°MeṣaAśvinī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:23 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:53 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:38 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:56 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:18 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 29 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 30 Mins 21 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:59 – 06:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:31 – 07:23
Abhijit Muhūrta12:17 – 12:59
Vijaya Muhūrta14:23 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta17:41 – 18:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:53 – 18:19
Amṛta Kāla17:38 – 19:23
Niśīta Muhūrta00:17 – 00:59

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:57 – 15:15
Yamaganda07:23 – 08:42
Gulika Kāla10:01 – 11:19
Varjyam07:49 – 08:06
Dur Muhūrta 09:50 – 10:11

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:23 – 08:42 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:42 – 10:01 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg10:01 – 11:19 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:19 – 12:38 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:38 – 13:57 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:57 – 15:15 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:15 – 16:34 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:34 – 17:53 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:53 – 19:34 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:34 – 21:15 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:15 – 22:57 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:57 – 00:38 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:38 – 02:19 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:19 – 04:01 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha04:01 – 05:42 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:42 – 07:23 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5100
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862706.27
Julian Day2451171.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.8387°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)61.75°
🪷 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 (23.8387°), declination -23.42°, EoT -0.03 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: 1998-12-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)