पञ्चाङ्ग — Asansol, West Bengal · January 17, 2018 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: 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 2.57 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
यः सर्वत्रानभिस्नेहस्तत्तत्प्राप्य शुभाशुभम्।

नाभिनन्दति न द्वेष्टि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता।।2.57।।
"2.57 He who wherever he goes is attached to no person and to no place by ties of flesh; who accepts good and evil alike, neither welcoming the one nor shrinking from the other - take him to be one who is merged in the Infinite." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.57's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Nāga
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya272.76°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra272.21°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala209.73°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha253.67°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati205.09°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra274.36°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani248.98°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:27 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:18 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:26 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:14 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 51 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 08 Mins 44 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:00 – 05:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:32 – 06:27
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:41 – 14:24
Godhūli Muhūrta17:06 – 17:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:18 – 17:45
Amṛta Kāla17:03 – 18:48
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:14

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:52 – 13:14
Yamaganda07:48 – 09:09
Gulika Kāla10:31 – 11:52
Varjyam06:54 – 07:11
Dur Muhūrta 08:59 – 09:20

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:27 – 07:48 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:48 – 09:09 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:09 – 10:31 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:31 – 11:52 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:52 – 13:14 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:14 – 14:35 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:35 – 15:56 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:56 – 17:18 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:18 – 18:56 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:56 – 20:35 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:35 – 22:14 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:14 – 23:52 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:52 – 01:31 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:31 – 03:09 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:09 – 04:48 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:48 – 06:27 (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 Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Uttara Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

🌌 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)1869670.27 · 5119.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458135.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1051° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)359.91° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 30/30)
🪷 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 (24.1051°) · declination -20.78° · EoT -10.03 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:2018-01-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)