पञ्चाङ्ग — Jodhpur, Rajasthan · December 30, 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 3.37 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः।

महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम्।।3.37।।
"3.37 Lord Shri Krishna: It is desire, it is aversion, born of passion. Desire consumes and corrupts everything. It is man's greatest enemy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.37'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 Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya254.29°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra32.18°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala173.57°KanyāCitrā P1
बुध Budha234.66°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati327.80°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
शुक्र Śukra269.13°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani2.87°MeṣaAśvinī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:25 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:56 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:41 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:10 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:35 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 30 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 29 Mins 15 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:01 – 06:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:33 – 07:25
Abhijit Muhūrta12:20 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:08
Godhūli Muhūrta17:44 – 18:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:56 – 18:22
Amṛta Kāla17:41 – 19:26
Niśīta Muhūrta00:20 – 01:02

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:41 – 14:00
Yamaganda08:44 – 10:03
Gulika Kāla11:22 – 12:41
Varjyam07:52 – 08:08
Dur Muhūrta 09:53 – 10:14

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:25 – 08:44 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:44 – 10:03 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:03 – 11:22 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:22 – 12:41 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:41 – 14:00 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:00 – 15:18 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:18 – 16:37 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:37 – 17:56 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:56 – 19:37 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:37 – 21:18 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:18 – 23:00 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:00 – 00:41 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:41 – 02:22 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:22 – 04:03 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:03 – 05:44 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:44 – 07:25 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Dvādaśī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5100
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862712.27
Julian Day2451177.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.8390°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)140.26°
🪷 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 (23.8390°), declination -23.19°, EoT -2.80 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: 1998-12-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)