पञ्चाङ्ग — Jodhpur, Rajasthan · January 8, 2006 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 17.24 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
तस्मादोमित्युदाहृत्य यज्ञदानतपःक्रियाः।प्रवर्तन्ते विधानोक्ताः सततं ब्रह्मवादिनाम्।।17.24।।
"17.24 Therefore all acts of sacrifice, gifts and austerities, prescribed by the scriptures, are always begun by those who understand the Spirit with the word Om." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2063 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1928 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1413
Malayalam Era: 1182
Nanakshahi: 537
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya263.67°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra9.25°MeṣaAśvinī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala19.00°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
बुध Budha252.32°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati201.06°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra273.08°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani105.35°KarkaPuṣya P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:27 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:02 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:45 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:19 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:15 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 34 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 25 Mins 01 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:02 – 06:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:34 – 07:27
Abhijit Muhūrta12:23 – 13:06
Vijaya Muhūrta14:30 – 15:13
Godhūli Muhūrta17:50 – 18:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:02 – 18:29
Amṛta Kāla17:47 – 19:32
Niśīta Muhūrta00:23 – 01:06

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:43 – 18:02
Yamaganda12:45 – 14:04
Gulika Kāla15:23 – 16:43
Varjyam07:54 – 08:11
Dur Muhūrta 09:55 – 10:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

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 – 12:45 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:45 – 14:04 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:04 – 15:23 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:23 – 16:43 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:43 – 18:02 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:02 – 19:43 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:43 – 21:23 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:23 – 23:04 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:04 – 00:45 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:45 – 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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5107
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865278.27
Julian Day2453743.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9371°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)103.40°
🪷 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 (23.9371°), declination -22.28°, EoT -6.70 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: 2006-01-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)