पञ्चाङ्ग — Kota, Rajasthan · January 9, 2022 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 3.36 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः।

अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः।।3.36।।
"3.36 Arjuna asked: My Lord! Tell me, what is it that drives a man to sin, even against his will and as if by compulsion?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya264.58°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra346.35°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala234.39°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha283.43°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati307.99°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra264.15°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani288.68°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:14 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:54 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:34 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:50 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:11 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 39 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 20 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:48 – 06:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:20 – 07:14
Abhijit Muhūrta12:12 – 12:55
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:03
Godhūli Muhūrta17:42 – 18:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:54 – 18:20
Amṛta Kāla17:39 – 19:24
Niśīta Muhūrta00:12 – 00:55

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:34 – 17:54
Yamaganda12:34 – 13:54
Gulika Kāla15:14 – 16:34
Varjyam07:40 – 07:57
Dur Muhūrta 09:43 – 10:04

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:14 – 08:34 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:34 – 09:54 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:54 – 11:14 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:14 – 12:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:34 – 13:54 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:54 – 15:14 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:14 – 16:34 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:34 – 17:54 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:54 – 19:34 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:34 – 21:14 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:14 – 22:54 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:54 – 00:34 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:34 – 02:14 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:14 – 03:54 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:54 – 05:34 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:34 – 07:14 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

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 Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871123.27
Julian Day2459588.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1606°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)79.22°
🪷 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 (24.1606°), declination -22.13°, EoT -7.10 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: 2022-01-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)