पञ्चाङ्ग — Jodhpur, Rajasthan · December 29, 2004 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 6.11 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
शुचौ देशे प्रतिष्ठाप्य स्थिरमासनमात्मनः।

नात्युच्छ्रितं नातिनीचं चैलाजिनकुशोत्तरम्।।6.11।।
"6.11 Having chosen a holy place, let him sit in a firm posture on a seat, neither too high nor too low, and covered with a grass mat, a deer skin and a cloth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya253.74°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra99.95°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala218.34°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha231.19°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati173.39°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra231.42°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani91.11°KarkaPunarvasu P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:25 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:56 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:40 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:43 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:08 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 30 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 29 Mins 23 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:01 – 06:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:32 – 07:25
Abhijit Muhūrta12:19 – 13:01
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta17:44 – 18:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:56 – 18:22
Amṛta Kāla17:41 – 19:26
Niśīta Muhūrta00:19 – 01:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:40 – 13:59
Yamaganda08:44 – 10:03
Gulika Kāla11:21 – 12:40
Varjyam07:51 – 08:08
Dur Muhūrta 09:52 – 10:13

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (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 Labha07:25 – 08:44 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:44 – 10:03 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:03 – 11:21 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:21 – 12:40 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:40 – 13:59 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:59 – 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 – 22:59 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:59 – 00:40 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:40 – 02:21 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:21 – 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 Time

Kali Year5106
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864903.27
Julian Day2453368.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9228°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)209.01°
🪷 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 (23.9228°), declination -23.21°, EoT -2.35 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: 2004-12-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)