पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · January 14, 2025 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

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2082 Kālayukta
Śaka Saṁvat: 1947 Viśvāvasu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1432
Malayalam Era: 1201
Nanakshahi: 556
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya269.91°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra91.14°KarkaPunarvasu P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala92.47°KarkaPunarvasu P4
बुध Budha253.59°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati47.81°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra316.67°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
शनि Śani321.51°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:22 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:00 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:41 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:59 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:33 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 38 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 21 Mins 26 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:56 – 06:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:28 – 07:22
Abhijit Muhūrta12:20 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:27 – 15:10
Godhūli Muhūrta17:48 – 18:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:00 – 18:27
Amṛta Kāla17:45 – 19:30
Niśīta Muhūrta00:20 – 01:02

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:20 – 16:40
Yamaganda10:01 – 11:21
Gulika Kāla12:41 – 14:01
Varjyam07:48 – 08:05
Dur Muhūrta 09:51 – 10:12

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:22 – 08:41 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:41 – 10:01 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:01 – 11:21 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:21 – 12:41 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:41 – 14:01 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:01 – 15:20 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:20 – 16:40 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:40 – 18:00 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:00 – 19:40 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:40 – 21:20 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:20 – 23:01 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:01 – 00:41 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:41 – 02:21 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:21 – 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 Kṛṣṇa Pratipada + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872224.27
Julian Day2460689.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2028°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)183.05°
🪷 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 (24.2028°), declination -21.29°, EoT -9.00 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: 2025-01-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)