पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · January 9, 2022 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 3.36 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः।

अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः।।3.36।।
"3.36 Arjuna asked: My Lord! Tell me, what is it that drives a man to sin, even against his will and as if by compulsion?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya264.58°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra346.35°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala234.39°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha283.43°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati307.99°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra264.15°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani288.68°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:22 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:56 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:39 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:55 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:17 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 34 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 25 Mins 20 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:57 – 06:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:29 – 07:22
Abhijit Muhūrta12:18 – 13:00
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta17:44 – 18:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:56 – 18:23
Amṛta Kāla17:41 – 19:26
Niśīta Muhūrta00:18 – 01:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:37 – 17:56
Yamaganda12:39 – 13:58
Gulika Kāla15:18 – 16:37
Varjyam07:48 – 08:05
Dur Muhūrta 09:50 – 10:11

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:22 – 08:41 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:41 – 10:00 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:00 – 11:20 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:20 – 12:39 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:39 – 13:58 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:58 – 15:18 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:18 – 16:37 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:37 – 17:56 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:56 – 19:37 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:37 – 21:18 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:18 – 22:58 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:58 – 00:39 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:39 – 02:20 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:20 – 04:00 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:00 – 05:41 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:41 – 07:22 (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 Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871123.27
Julian Day2459588.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1606°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)79.22°
🪷 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 (24.1606°), declination -22.13°, EoT -7.10 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: 2022-01-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)