पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · December 21, 2008 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 7.15 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
न मां दुष्कृतिनो मूढाः प्रपद्यन्ते नराधमाः।

माययापहृतज्ञाना आसुरं भावमाश्रिताः।।7.15।।
"7.15 The sinner, the ignorant, the vile, deprived of spiritual perception by the glamour of Illusion, and he who pursues a godless life - none of them shall find Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya245.56°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra174.37°KanyāCitrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala241.22°DhanuMūla P1
बुध Budha259.43°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati272.96°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra290.91°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शनि Śani147.47°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:16 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:45 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:57 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:34 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 28 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 31 Mins 31 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:52 – 06:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:24 – 07:16
Abhijit Muhūrta12:09 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta17:33 – 17:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:45 – 18:11
Amṛta Kāla17:30 – 19:15
Niśīta Muhūrta00:09 – 00:51

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:26 – 17:45
Yamaganda12:30 – 13:49
Gulika Kāla15:08 – 16:26
Varjyam07:42 – 07:59
Dur Muhūrta 09:43 – 10:04

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:16 – 08:35 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:35 – 09:53 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:53 – 11:12 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:12 – 12:30 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:30 – 13:49 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:49 – 15:08 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:08 – 16:26 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:26 – 17:45 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:45 – 19:26 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:26 – 21:08 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:08 – 22:49 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:49 – 00:30 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:30 – 02:12 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:12 – 03:53 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:53 – 05:35 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:35 – 07:16 (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

Kali Year5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866356.27
Julian Day2454821.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9783°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)285.85°
🪷 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 (23.9783°), declination -23.44°, EoT 1.38 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: 2008-12-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)