पञ्चाङ्ग — Asansol, West Bengal · December 23, 2017 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: 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 2.32 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
यदृच्छया चोपपन्नं स्वर्गद्वारमपावृतम्।

सुखिनः क्षत्रियाः पार्थ लभन्ते युद्धमीदृशम्।।2.32।।
"2.32 Blessed are the soldiers who find their opportunity. This opportunity has opened for thee the gates of heaven." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.32's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya247.29°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra299.02°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala194.16°TulāSvātī P3
बुध Budha228.52°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati201.02°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra242.91°DhanuMūla P1
शनि Śani246.08°DhanuMūla P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:22 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:02 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:42 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:31 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:47 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 40 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 19 Mins 33 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:56 – 05:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:28 – 06:22
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 12:03
Vijaya Muhūrta13:28 – 14:11
Godhūli Muhūrta16:50 – 17:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:02 – 17:29
Amṛta Kāla16:47 – 18:32
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 00:03

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:02 – 10:22
Yamaganda13:02 – 14:22
Gulika Kāla06:22 – 07:42
Varjyam06:48 – 07:05
Dur Muhūrta 08:51 – 09:12

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: 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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:22 – 07:42 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:42 – 09:02 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:02 – 10:22 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:22 – 11:42 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:42 – 13:02 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:02 – 14:22 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:22 – 15:42 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:42 – 17:02 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:02 – 18:42 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:42 – 20:22 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:22 – 22:02 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:02 – 23:42 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:42 – 01:22 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:22 – 03:02 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:02 – 04:42 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:42 – 06:22 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5119 · Kali-5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869645.27 · 5118.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458110.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1041° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)55.62° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 5/30)
🪷 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 (24.1041°) · declination -23.43° · EoT 0.44 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:2017-12-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)