पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · January 7, 2019 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 11.45 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
अदृष्टपूर्वं हृषितोऽस्मि दृष्ट्वा

भयेन च प्रव्यथितं मनो मे।

तदेव मे दर्शय देव रूपं

प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास।।11.45।।
"11.45 I rejoice that I have seen what never man saw before; yet, O Lord! I am overwhelmed with fear. Please take again the Form I know. Be merciful, O Lord! thou Who are the Home of the whole universe." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.45's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya262.31°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra272.95°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala339.61°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha248.45°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati228.87°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra215.11°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
शनि Śani257.87°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:21 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:55 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:38 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:01 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:40 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 33 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 26 Mins 44 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:57 – 06:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:29 – 07:21
Abhijit Muhūrta12:17 – 12:59
Vijaya Muhūrta14:24 – 15:06
Godhūli Muhūrta17:43 – 18:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:55 – 18:21
Amṛta Kāla17:40 – 19:25
Niśīta Muhūrta00:17 – 00:59

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:41 – 10:00
Yamaganda11:19 – 12:38
Gulika Kāla13:57 – 15:16
Varjyam07:48 – 08:05
Dur Muhūrta 09:49 – 10:10

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
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):
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 Amṛta07:21 – 08:41 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:41 – 10:00 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha10:00 – 11:19 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:19 – 12:38 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:38 – 13:57 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:57 – 15:16 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:16 – 16:36 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:36 – 17:55 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:55 – 19:36 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:36 – 21:16 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:16 – 22:57 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:57 – 00:38 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:38 – 02:19 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:19 – 04:00 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg04:00 – 05:41 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:41 – 07:21 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870025.27
Julian Day2458490.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1186°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)12.80°
🪷 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 (24.1186°), declination -22.43°, EoT -6.29 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: 2019-01-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)