पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · January 4, 2018 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 2.44 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयापहृतचेतसाम्।

व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः समाधौ न विधीयते।।2.44।।
"2.44 While their minds are absorbed with ideas of power and personal enjoyment, they cannot concentrate their discrimination on one point." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.44's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya259.51°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra106.91°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala201.66°TulāViśākhā P1
बुध Budha236.65°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati203.10°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra258.01°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani247.49°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:14 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:30 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:27 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:56 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 16 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 43 Mins 51 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:52 – 06:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:23 – 07:14
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:05 – 14:46
Godhūli Muhūrta17:18 – 17:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:30 – 17:56
Amṛta Kāla17:15 – 19:00
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:39 – 14:56
Yamaganda07:14 – 08:31
Gulika Kāla09:48 – 11:05
Varjyam07:40 – 07:56
Dur Muhūrta 09:38 – 09:58

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:14 – 08:31 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:31 – 09:48 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:48 – 11:05 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:05 – 12:22 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:22 – 13:39 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:39 – 14:56 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:56 – 16:13 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:13 – 17:30 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:30 – 19:13 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:13 – 20:56 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:56 – 22:39 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:39 – 00:22 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:22 – 02:05 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:05 – 03:48 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:48 – 05:31 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:31 – 07:14 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 30.0869°
Longitude: 78.2676°
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

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869657.27
Julian Day2458122.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1046°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)205.73°
🪷 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 (24.1046°), declination -22.74°, EoT -5.02 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: 2018-01-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)