पञ्चाङ्ग — Kota, Rajasthan · December 25, 2017 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 2.34 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम्।

संभावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते।।2.34।।
"2.34 Men will talk forever of thy disgrace; and to the noble, dishonour is worse than death." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya249.32°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra323.51°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala195.41°TulāSvātī P3
बुध Budha228.81°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati201.38°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra245.43°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani246.32°DhanuMūla P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:10 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:44 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:27 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:30 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:17 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 34 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 25 Mins 50 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:45 – 06:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:17 – 07:10
Abhijit Muhūrta12:06 – 12:48
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 14:55
Godhūli Muhūrta17:32 – 17:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:44 – 18:11
Amṛta Kāla17:29 – 19:14
Niśīta Muhūrta00:06 – 00:48

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:29 – 09:48
Yamaganda11:08 – 12:27
Gulika Kāla13:46 – 15:06
Varjyam07:36 – 07:53
Dur Muhūrta 09:38 – 09:59

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:10 – 08:29 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:29 – 09:48 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:48 – 11:08 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:08 – 12:27 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:27 – 13:46 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:46 – 15:06 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:06 – 16:25 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:25 – 17:44 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:44 – 19:25 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:25 – 21:06 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:06 – 22:46 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:46 – 00:27 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:27 – 02:08 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:08 – 03:48 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:48 – 05:29 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:29 – 07:10 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 25.2138°
Longitude: 75.8648°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869647.27
Julian Day2458112.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1042°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)78.38°
🪷 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 (24.1042°), declination -23.39°, EoT -0.49 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: 2017-12-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)