पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · December 30, 2004 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 6.12 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
तत्रैकाग्रं मनः कृत्वा यतचित्तेन्द्रियक्रियः।

उपविश्यासने युञ्ज्याद्योगमात्मविशुद्धये।।6.12।।
"6.12 Seated thus, his mind concentrated, its functions controlled and his senses governed, let him practise meditation for the purification of his lower nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya254.76°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra111.87°KarkaAśleṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala219.03°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha232.19°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati173.50°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra232.67°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani91.03°KarkaPunarvasu P4

☀️ 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)20:27 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:39 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 29 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 30 Mins 10 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:56 – 06:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:27 – 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 Kāla13:53 – 15:12
Yamaganda07:20 – 08:38
Gulika Kāla09:57 – 11:16
Varjyam07:46 – 08:03
Dur Muhūrta 09:47 – 10:08

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:20 – 08:38 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:38 – 09:57 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:57 – 11:16 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:16 – 12:35 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:35 – 13:53 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:53 – 15:12 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:12 – 16:31 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:31 – 17:50 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:50 – 19:31 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:31 – 21:12 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:12 – 22:53 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:53 – 00:35 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:35 – 02:16 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:16 – 03:57 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:57 – 05:38 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:38 – 07:20 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5106 · Kali-5106
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864904.27 · 5105.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453369.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9228° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)220.38° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (23.9228°) · declination -23.15° · EoT -2.80 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:2004-12-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)