पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · December 18, 2023 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 3.43 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
एवं बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना।

जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम्।।3.43।।
"3.43 Thus, O Mighty-in-Arms, knowing Him to be beyond the intellect and, by His help, subduing thy personal egotism, kill thine enemy, Desire, extremely difficult though it be."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.43's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya241.65°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra308.81°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala232.57°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha251.95°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati11.70°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra201.23°TulāViśākhā P1
शनि Śani308.03°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:15 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:43 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:29 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:39 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 28 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 31 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:51 – 06:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:22 – 07:15
Abhijit Muhūrta12:08 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:14 – 14:56
Godhūli Muhūrta17:31 – 17:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:43 – 18:10
Amṛta Kāla17:28 – 19:13
Niśīta Muhūrta00:08 – 00:50

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:33 – 09:52
Yamaganda11:10 – 12:29
Gulika Kāla13:48 – 15:06
Varjyam07:41 – 07:58
Dur Muhūrta 09:41 – 10:02

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:15 – 08:33 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:33 – 09:52 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:52 – 11:10 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:10 – 12:29 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:29 – 13:48 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:48 – 15:06 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:06 – 16:25 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:25 – 17:43 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:43 – 19:25 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:25 – 21:06 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:06 – 22:48 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:48 – 00:29 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:29 – 02:10 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:10 – 03:52 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:52 – 05:33 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:33 – 07:15 (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 Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871831.27
Julian Day2460296.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1877°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)65.25°
🪷 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 (24.1877°), declination -23.37°, EoT 2.79 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: 2023-12-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)