पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · December 22, 2021 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 3.18 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
नैव तस्य कृतेनार्थो नाकृतेनेह कश्चन।

न चास्य सर्वभूतेषु कश्िचदर्थव्यपाश्रयः।।3.18।।
"3.18 He has nothing to gain by the performance or non-performance of action. His welfare depends not on any contribution that an earthly creature can make." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya246.24°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra97.40°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala221.60°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha258.66°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati304.51°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra271.88°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani286.75°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:17 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:45 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:31 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:51 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:20 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 28 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 31 Mins 31 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:53 – 06:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:24 – 07:17
Abhijit Muhūrta12:10 – 12:52
Vijaya Muhūrta14:16 – 14:58
Godhūli Muhūrta17:33 – 17:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:45 – 18:11
Amṛta Kāla17:30 – 19:15
Niśīta Muhūrta00:10 – 00:52

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:31 – 13:49
Yamaganda08:35 – 09:54
Gulika Kāla11:12 – 12:31
Varjyam07:43 – 08:00
Dur Muhūrta 09:43 – 10:04

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (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 · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:17 – 08:35 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:35 – 09:54 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:54 – 11:12 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:12 – 12:31 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:31 – 13:49 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:49 – 15:08 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:08 – 16:27 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:27 – 17:45 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:45 – 19:27 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:27 – 21:08 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:08 – 22:49 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:49 – 00:31 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:31 – 02:12 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:12 – 03:54 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:54 – 05:35 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:35 – 07:17 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871105.27
Julian Day2459570.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1600°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)213.95°
🪷 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 (24.1600°), declination -23.44°, EoT 0.91 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: 2021-12-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)