पञ्चाङ्ग — Asansol, West Bengal · January 11, 2020 CE

🪷 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 3.8 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
नियतं कुरु कर्म त्वं कर्म ज्यायो ह्यकर्मणः।

शरीरयात्रापि च ते न प्रसिद्ध्येदकर्मणः।।3.8।।
"3.8 Do thy duty as prescribed, for action for duty's sake is superior to inaction. Even the maintenance of the body would be impossible if man remained inactive." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya266.13°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra89.21°MithunaPunarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala220.76°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha266.14°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati254.86°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra302.26°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani268.40°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:27 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:13 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:20 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:45 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 46 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 13 Mins 17 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:00 – 05:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:33 – 06:27
Abhijit Muhūrta11:29 – 12:12
Vijaya Muhūrta13:38 – 14:21
Godhūli Muhūrta17:01 – 17:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:13 – 17:40
Amṛta Kāla16:58 – 18:43
Niśīta Muhūrta23:29 – 00:12

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:08 – 10:29
Yamaganda13:11 – 14:32
Gulika Kāla06:27 – 07:48
Varjyam06:54 – 07:11
Dur Muhūrta 08:58 – 09:19

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
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 · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:27 – 07:48 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:48 – 09:08 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:08 – 10:29 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:29 – 11:50 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:50 – 13:11 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:11 – 14:32 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:32 – 15:53 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:53 – 17:13 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:13 – 18:53 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:53 – 20:32 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:32 – 22:11 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:11 – 23:50 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:50 – 01:29 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:29 – 03:08 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:08 – 04:48 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:48 – 06:27 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Pratipada + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870394.27
Julian Day2458859.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1328°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)181.61°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.1328°), declination -21.91°, EoT -7.89 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2020-01-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)