पञ्चाङ्ग — Jodhpur, Rajasthan · December 28, 2104 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 8.5 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अन्तकाले च मामेव स्मरन्मुक्त्वा कलेवरम्।

यः प्रयाति स मद्भावं याति नास्त्यत्र संशयः।।8.5।।
"8.5 Whosoever at the time of death thinks only of Me, and thinking thus leaves the body and goes forth, assuredly he will know Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2161 Īśvara
Śaka Saṁvat: 2026 Raktākṣī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1511
Malayalam Era: 1280
Nanakshahi: 635
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya251.04°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra21.72°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala253.71°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha236.10°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati303.50°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra296.48°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani231.92°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:25 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:55 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:40 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:45 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:00 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 30 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 29 Mins 42 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 Muhūrta17:43 – 18:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:55 – 18:21
Amṛta Kāla17:40 – 19:25
Niśīta Muhūrta00:19 – 01:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:36 – 17:55
Yamaganda12:40 – 13:59
Gulika Kāla15:17 – 16:36
Varjyam07:51 – 08:08
Dur Muhūrta 09:52 – 10:13

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:25 – 08:43 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:43 – 10:02 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:02 – 11:21 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:21 – 12:40 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:40 – 13:59 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:59 – 15:17 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:17 – 16:36 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:36 – 17:55 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:55 – 19:36 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:36 – 21:17 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:17 – 22:59 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:59 – 00:40 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:40 – 02:21 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:21 – 04:02 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:02 – 05:43 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:43 – 07:25 (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 Time

Kali Year5206
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1901426.27
Julian Day2489891.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)25.3196°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)132.76°
🪷 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 (25.3196°), declination -23.28°, EoT -1.89 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: 2104-12-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)