पञ्चाङ्ग — Asansol, West Bengal · February 1, 2012 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.30 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
गाण्डीवं स्रंसते हस्तात्त्वक्चैव परिदह्यते।

न च शक्नोम्यवस्थातुं भ्रमतीव च मे मनः।।1.30।।
"1.30 The bow Gandeeva slips from my hand, and my skin burns. I cannot keep quiet, for my mind is in tumult." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.30's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya287.54°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
चन्द्र Candra26.90°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala148.45°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha282.96°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati8.45°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra327.26°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani185.19°TulāCitrā P4

☀️ Asansol, West Bengal — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:23 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:28 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:58 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:09 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 04 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 55 Mins 09 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:55 – 05:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:28 – 06:23
Abhijit Muhūrta11:34 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:31
Godhūli Muhūrta17:16 – 17:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:28 – 17:56
Amṛta Kāla17:13 – 18:58
Niśīta Muhūrta23:34 – 00:18

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:56 – 13:19
Yamaganda07:47 – 09:10
Gulika Kāla10:33 – 11:56
Varjyam06:51 – 07:09
Dur Muhūrta 08:59 – 09:21

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:23 – 07:47 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:47 – 09:10 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:10 – 10:33 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:33 – 11:56 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:56 – 13:19 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:19 – 14:42 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:42 – 16:05 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:05 – 17:28 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:28 – 19:05 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:05 – 20:42 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:42 – 22:19 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:19 – 23:56 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:56 – 01:33 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:33 – 03:10 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:10 – 04:47 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:47 – 06:23 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 23.6739°
Longitude: 86.9524°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

🌌 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 Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867493.27 · 5113.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455958.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0218° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)99.95° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 9/30)
🪷 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 (24.0218°) · declination -17.31° · EoT -13.69 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:2012-02-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)