पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · December 28, 1977 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 4.33 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्रेयान्द्रव्यमयाद्यज्ञाज्ज्ञानयज्ञः परन्तप।

सर्वं कर्माखिलं पार्थ ज्ञाने परिसमाप्यते।।4.33।।
"4.33 The sacrifice of wisdom is superior to any material sacrifice, for, O Arjuna, the climax of action is always Realisation." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.33's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2034 Pramoda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1899 Piṅgala
Bengali Saṁvat: 1384
Malayalam Era: 1153
Nanakshahi: 508
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya252.64°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra100.09°KarkaPuṣya P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala106.75°KarkaAśleṣā P1
बुध Budha239.04°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati66.59°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
शुक्र Śukra246.94°DhanuMūla P3
शनि Śani126.71°SiṃhaMaghā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:19 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:48 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:34 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:40 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:07 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 29 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 30 Mins 50 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:55 – 06:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:27 – 07:19
Abhijit Muhūrta12:13 – 12:55
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 15:00
Godhūli Muhūrta17:36 – 18:00
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:48 – 18:14
Amṛta Kāla17:33 – 19:18
Niśīta Muhūrta00:13 – 00:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:34 – 13:52
Yamaganda08:38 – 09:56
Gulika Kāla11:15 – 12:34
Varjyam07:45 – 08:02
Dur Muhūrta 09:46 – 10:07

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:19 – 08:38 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:38 – 09:56 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:56 – 11:15 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:15 – 12:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:34 – 13:52 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:52 – 15:11 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:11 – 16:30 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:30 – 17:48 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:48 – 19:30 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:30 – 21:11 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:11 – 22:52 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:52 – 00:34 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:34 – 02:15 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:15 – 03:56 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:56 – 05:38 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:38 – 07:19 (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 Year5079 · Kali-5079
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1855040.27 · 5078.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2443505.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5455° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)209.87° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 18/30)
🪷 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 (23.5455°) · declination -23.29° · EoT -1.89 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:1977-12-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)