पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · January 12, 2013 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 10.4 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
बुद्धिर्ज्ञानमसंमोहः क्षमा सत्यं दमः शमः।

सुखं दुःखं भवोऽभावो भयं चाभयमेव च।।10.4।।
"10.4 Intelligence, wisdom, non-illusion, forgiveness, truth, self-control, calmness, pleasure, pain, birth, death, fear and fearlessness;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya267.95°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra270.96°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala289.20°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
बुध Budha263.88°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati42.46°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra249.40°DhanuMūla P3
शनि Śani196.02°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:22 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:59 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:40 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:34 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:10 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 36 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 23 Mins 05 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:57 – 06:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:29 – 07:22
Abhijit Muhūrta12:19 – 13:01
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta17:47 – 18:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:59 – 18:25
Amṛta Kāla17:44 – 19:29
Niśīta Muhūrta00:19 – 01:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:01 – 11:20
Yamaganda14:00 – 15:19
Gulika Kāla07:22 – 08:41
Varjyam07:48 – 08:05
Dur Muhūrta 09:50 – 10:11

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:22 – 08:41 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:41 – 10:01 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:01 – 11:20 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:20 – 12:40 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:40 – 14:00 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:00 – 15:19 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:19 – 16:39 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:39 – 17:59 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:59 – 19:39 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:39 – 21:19 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:19 – 23:00 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:00 – 00:40 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:40 – 02:20 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:20 – 04:01 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:01 – 05:41 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:41 – 07:22 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867839.27
Julian Day2456304.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0350°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)3.97°
🪷 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 (24.0350°), declination -21.64°, EoT -8.27 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: 2013-01-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)