पञ्चाङ्ग — Puṣkar · December 28, 2180 CE

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🪷 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 1.34 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
आचार्याः पितरः पुत्रास्तथैव च पितामहाः।

मातुलाः श्वशुराः पौत्राः श्यालाः सम्बन्धिनस्तथा।।1.34।।
"1.34 Teachers, fathers and grandfathers, sons and grandsons, uncles, father-in-law, brothers-in-law and other relatives." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2237 Vijaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 2102 Vikrama
Bengali Saṁvat: 1587
Malayalam Era: 1356
Nanakshahi: 711
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya250.55°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra26.97°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala48.88°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
बुध Budha264.59°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati113.18°KarkaAśleṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra238.69°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani79.56°MithunaĀrdrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:19 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:48 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:34 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:58 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:21 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 29 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 30 Mins 39 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:55 – 06:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:27 – 07:19
Abhijit Muhūrta12:13 – 12:55
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta17:36 – 18:00
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:48 – 18:15
Amṛta Kāla17:33 – 19:18
Niśīta Muhūrta00:13 – 00:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:52 – 15:11
Yamaganda07:19 – 08:38
Gulika Kāla09:56 – 11:15
Varjyam07:45 – 08:02
Dur Muhūrta 09:46 – 10:07

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:19 – 08:38 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:38 – 09:56 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:56 – 11:15 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:15 – 12:34 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:34 – 13:52 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:52 – 15:11 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:11 – 16:30 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:30 – 17:48 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:48 – 19:30 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:30 – 21:11 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:11 – 22:52 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:52 – 00:34 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:34 – 02:15 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:15 – 03:56 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:56 – 05:38 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:38 – 07:19 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5282 · Kali-5282
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1929185.27 · 5281.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2517650.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)26.3813° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)134.75° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (26.3813°) · declination -23.26° · EoT -1.89 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2180-12-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)