पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · December 28, 2006 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 6.39 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
एतन्मे संशयं कृष्ण छेत्तुमर्हस्यशेषतः।

त्वदन्यः संशयस्यास्य छेत्ता न ह्युपपद्यते।।6.39।।
"6.39 My Lord! Thou art worthy to solve this doubt once and for all; save Thyself there is no one competent to do so." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.39's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2063 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1928 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1413
Malayalam Era: 1182
Nanakshahi: 537
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya252.20°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra347.72°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala231.50°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha246.23°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati224.17°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शुक्र Śukra267.05°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani120.52°SiṃhaMaghā P1

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)12:44 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:08 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 Kāla13:52 – 15:11
Yamaganda07:19 – 08:38
Gulika Kāla09:56 – 11:15
Varjyam07:45 – 08:02
Dur Muhūrta 09:46 – 10:07

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:19 – 08:38 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:38 – 09:56 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:56 – 11:15 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:15 – 12:34 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:34 – 13:52 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:52 – 15:11 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:11 – 16:30 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:30 – 17:48 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:48 – 19:30 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:30 – 21:11 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:11 – 22:52 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:52 – 00:34 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:34 – 02:15 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:15 – 03:56 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:56 – 05:38 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:38 – 07:19 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Revatī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5108
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865632.27
Julian Day2454097.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9506°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)95.83°
🪷 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 (23.9506°), declination -23.29°, EoT -1.89 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: 2006-12-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)