पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · December 31, 1958 CE

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🪷 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 6.35 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

असंशयं महाबाहो मनो दुर्निग्रहं चलं।

अभ्यासेन तु कौन्तेय वैराग्येण च गृह्यते।।6.35।।
"6.35 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Doubtless, O Mighty One, the mind is fickle and exceedingly difficult to restrain, but, O Son of Kunti, with practice and renunciation it can be done." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.35's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2015 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1880 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1365
Malayalam Era: 1134
Nanakshahi: 489
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya255.57°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra134.83°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala24.67°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
बुध Budha233.72°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati211.08°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शुक्र Śukra268.14°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani246.55°DhanuMūla P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:20 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:50 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:35 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:12 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:52 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 29 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 30 Mins 07 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:56 – 06:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:28 – 07:20
Abhijit Muhūrta12:14 – 12:56
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:02
Godhūli Muhūrta17:38 – 18:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:50 – 18:16
Amṛta Kāla17:35 – 19:20
Niśīta Muhūrta00:14 – 00:56

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:35 – 13:54
Yamaganda08:39 – 09:58
Gulika Kāla11:16 – 12:35
Varjyam07:46 – 08:03
Dur Muhūrta 09:47 – 10:08

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:20 – 08:39 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:39 – 09:58 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:58 – 11:16 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:16 – 12:35 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:35 – 13:54 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:54 – 15:13 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:13 – 16:31 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:31 – 17:50 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:50 – 19:31 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:31 – 21:13 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:13 – 22:54 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:54 – 00:35 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:35 – 02:16 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:16 – 03:58 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:58 – 05:39 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:39 – 07:20 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 26.49°
Longitude: 74.55°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5060 · Kali-5060
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1848103.27 · 5059.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2436568.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.2802° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)240.07° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.2802°) · declination -23.14° · EoT -3.26 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1958-12-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)