पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · January 8, 2040 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 11.5 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga🪷 Paśya Me Pārtha Rūpāṇi · Behold My Forms
श्री भगवानुवाच

पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः।

नानाविधानि दिव्यानि नानावर्णाकृतीनि च।।11.5।।
"11.5 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Behold, O Arjuna! My celestial forms, by hundred and thousands, various in kind, in colour and in shape." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2097 Śrīmukha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1962 Raudra
Bengali Saṁvat: 1447
Malayalam Era: 1216
Nanakshahi: 571
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya262.94°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra180.11°TulāCitrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala74.69°MithunaĀrdrā P3
बुध Budha264.18°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati156.53°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra227.38°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani166.73°KanyāHasta P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:22 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:55 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:39 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:24 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:51 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 33 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 26 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:57 – 06:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:29 – 07:22
Abhijit Muhūrta12:17 – 13:00
Vijaya Muhūrta14:24 – 15:06
Godhūli Muhūrta17:43 – 18:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:55 – 18:22
Amṛta Kāla17:40 – 19:25
Niśīta Muhūrta00:17 – 01:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:36 – 17:55
Yamaganda12:39 – 13:58
Gulika Kāla15:17 – 16:36
Varjyam07:48 – 08:05
Dur Muhūrta 09:49 – 10:11

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (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 · 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 · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:22 – 08:41 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:41 – 10:00 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:00 – 11:19 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:19 – 12:39 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:39 – 13:58 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:58 – 15:17 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:17 – 16:36 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:36 – 17:55 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:55 – 19:36 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:36 – 21:17 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:17 – 22:58 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:58 – 00:39 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:39 – 02:19 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:19 – 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 Year5141
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1877696.27
Julian Day2466161.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.4120°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)280.62°
🪷 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 (24.4120°), declination -22.31°, EoT -6.70 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: 2040-01-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)