पञ्चाङ्ग — Nāśik · January 12, 2031 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 18.18 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं परिज्ञाता त्रिविधा कर्मचोदना।करणं कर्म कर्तेति त्रिविधः कर्मसंग्रहः।।18.18।।
"18.18 Knowledge, the knower and the object of knowledge, these are the three incentives to action; and the act, the actor and the instrument are the threefold constituents." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2088 Raktākṣī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1953 Virodhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1438
Malayalam Era: 1207
Nanakshahi: 562
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya267.33°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra123.82°SiṃhaMaghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala183.34°TulāCitrā P4
बुध Budha245.02°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati233.47°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra287.15°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शनि Śani37.98°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4

Nāśik — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:13 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:14 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:43 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:49 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:30 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 01 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 58 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:44 – 06:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:17 – 07:13
Abhijit Muhūrta12:21 – 13:05
Vijaya Muhūrta14:33 – 15:17
Godhūli Muhūrta18:02 – 18:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:14 – 18:41
Amṛta Kāla17:59 – 19:44
Niśīta Muhūrta00:21 – 01:05

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:51 – 18:14
Yamaganda12:43 – 14:06
Gulika Kāla15:28 – 16:51
Varjyam07:40 – 07:58
Dur Muhūrta 09:47 – 10:09

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (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):
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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:13 – 08:35 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:35 – 09:58 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:58 – 11:20 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:20 – 12:43 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:43 – 14:06 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:06 – 15:28 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:28 – 16:51 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:51 – 18:14 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:14 – 19:51 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:51 – 21:28 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:28 – 23:06 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:06 – 00:43 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:43 – 02:20 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:20 – 03:58 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:58 – 05:35 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:35 – 07:13 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 19.9975°
Longitude: 73.7898°
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 Year5132
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1874413.27
Julian Day2462878.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2865°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)218.99°
🪷 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 (24.2865°), declination -21.70°, EoT -8.27 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: 2031-01-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)