पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · December 19, 1971 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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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 2.50 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
बुद्धियुक्तो जहातीह उभे सुकृतदुष्कृते।

तस्माद्योगाय युज्यस्व योगः कर्मसु कौशलम्।।2.50।।
"2.50 When a man attains to Pure Reason, he renounces in this world the results of good and evil alike. Cling thou to Right Action. Spirituality is the real art of living." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.50's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2028 Raktākṣī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1893 Virodhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1378
Malayalam Era: 1147
Nanakshahi: 502
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya243.01°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra257.77°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala332.01°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha230.07°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati236.72°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra271.68°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani38.14°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:15 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:44 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:29 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:14 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:43 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 28 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 31 Mins 17 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:51 – 06:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:23 – 07:15
Abhijit Muhūrta12:09 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:14 – 14:56
Godhūli Muhūrta17:32 – 17:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:44 – 18:10
Amṛta Kāla17:29 – 19:14
Niśīta Muhūrta00:09 – 00:50

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:25 – 17:44
Yamaganda12:29 – 13:48
Gulika Kāla15:07 – 16:25
Varjyam07:41 – 07:58
Dur Muhūrta 09:42 – 10:03

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:15 – 08:34 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:34 – 09:52 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:52 – 11:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:11 – 12:29 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:29 – 13:48 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:48 – 15:07 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:07 – 16:25 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:25 – 17:44 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:44 – 19:25 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:25 – 21:07 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:07 – 22:48 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:48 – 00:29 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:29 – 02:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:11 – 03:52 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:52 – 05:34 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:34 – 07:15 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 26.49°
Longitude: 74.55°
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 — 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 Year5073 · Kali-5073
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1852839.27 · 5072.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2441304.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4613° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)14.52° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (23.4613°) · declination -23.39° · EoT 2.32 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:1971-12-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)