पञ्चाङ्ग — Asansol, West Bengal · January 4, 2016 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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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 2.14 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः।

आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत।।2.14।।
"2.14 Those external relations which bring cold and heat, pain and happiness, they come and go; they are not permanent. Endure them bravely, O Prince!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya259.02°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra188.54°TulāSvātī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala185.93°TulāCitrā P4
बुध Budha276.63°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati148.40°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra221.45°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani227.17°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:26 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:09 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:25 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:46 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 43 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 16 Mins 55 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:00 – 05:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:32 – 06:26
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta13:34 – 14:17
Godhūli Muhūrta16:57 – 17:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:09 – 17:36
Amṛta Kāla16:54 – 18:39
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:09

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:46 – 09:06
Yamaganda10:27 – 11:47
Gulika Kāla13:08 – 14:28
Varjyam06:52 – 07:10
Dur Muhūrta 08:56 – 09:17

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:26 – 07:46 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:46 – 09:06 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:06 – 10:27 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:27 – 11:47 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:47 – 13:08 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:08 – 14:28 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:28 – 15:48 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:48 – 17:09 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:09 – 18:48 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:48 – 20:28 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:28 – 22:08 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:08 – 23:47 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:47 – 01:27 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:27 – 03:06 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:06 – 04:46 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:46 – 06:26 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5117 · Kali-5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868926.27 · 5116.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457391.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0766° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)289.64° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 25/30)
🪷 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 (24.0766°) · declination -22.79° · EoT -5.02 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:2016-01-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)