पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · January 11, 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 3.38 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
धूमेनाव्रियते वह्निर्यथाऽऽदर्शो मलेन च।

यथोल्बेनावृतो गर्भस्तथा तेनेदमावृतम्।।3.38।।
"3.38 As fire is shrouded in smoke, a mirror by dust and a child by the womb, so is the universe enveloped in desire." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.38'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 Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya266.62°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra11.00°MeṣaAśvinī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala235.82°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha284.89°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati308.41°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra262.92°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani288.91°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:22 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:58 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:40 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:08 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:07 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 36 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 23 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:57 – 06:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:29 – 07:22
Abhijit Muhūrta12:18 – 13:01
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:08
Godhūli Muhūrta17:46 – 18:10
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:58 – 18:24
Amṛta Kāla17:43 – 19:28
Niśīta Muhūrta00:18 – 01:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:19 – 16:38
Yamaganda10:01 – 11:20
Gulika Kāla12:40 – 13:59
Varjyam07:48 – 08:05
Dur Muhūrta 09:50 – 10:11

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:22 – 08:41 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:41 – 10:01 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:01 – 11:20 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:20 – 12:40 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:40 – 13:59 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:59 – 15:19 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:19 – 16:38 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:38 – 17:58 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:58 – 19:38 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:38 – 21:19 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:19 – 22:59 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:59 – 00:40 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:40 – 02:20 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:20 – 04:01 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:01 – 05:41 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:41 – 07:22 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871125.27
Julian Day2459590.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1607°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)101.77°
🪷 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 (24.1607°), declination -21.83°, EoT -7.89 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: 2022-01-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)