पञ्चाङ्ग — Asansol, West Bengal · December 29, 2018 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 11.36 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

स्थाने हृषीकेश तव प्रकीर्त्या

जगत् प्रहृष्यत्यनुरज्यते च।

रक्षांसि भीतानि दिशो द्रवन्ति

सर्वे नमस्यन्ति च सिद्धसङ्घाः।।11.36।।
"11.36 Arjuna said: My Lord! It is natural that the world revels and rejoices when it sings the praises of Thy glory; the demons fly in fear and the saints offer Thee their salutations." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.36'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 (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya253.14°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra158.59°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala333.55°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha235.12°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati226.99°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra206.19°TulāViśākhā P2
शनि Śani256.81°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:24 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:05 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:45 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:26 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:27 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 41 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 18 Mins 45 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:58 – 05:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:30 – 06:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:23 – 12:06
Vijaya Muhūrta13:31 – 14:14
Godhūli Muhūrta16:53 – 17:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:05 – 17:32
Amṛta Kāla16:50 – 18:35
Niśīta Muhūrta23:23 – 00:06

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:04 – 10:24
Yamaganda13:05 – 14:25
Gulika Kāla06:24 – 07:44
Varjyam06:51 – 07:08
Dur Muhūrta 08:54 – 09:15

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (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):
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 · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:24 – 07:44 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:44 – 09:04 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:04 – 10:24 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:24 – 11:45 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:45 – 13:05 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:05 – 14:25 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:25 – 15:45 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:45 – 17:05 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:05 – 18:45 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:45 – 20:25 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:25 – 22:05 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:05 – 23:45 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:45 – 01:24 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:24 – 03:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:04 – 04:44 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:44 – 06:24 (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 Year5120 · Kali-5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870016.27 · 5119.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458481.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1183° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)262.50° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 22/30)
🪷 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 (24.1183°) · declination -23.24° · EoT -2.35 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:2018-12-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)