पञ्चाङ्ग — Asansol, West Bengal · January 6, 2031 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 18.12 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अनिष्टमिष्टं मिश्रं च त्रिविधं कर्मणः फलम्।भवत्यत्यागिनां प्रेत्य न तु संन्यासिनां क्वचित्।।18.12।।
"18.12 For those who cannot renounce all desire, the fruit of action hereafter is threefold - good, evil, and partly good and partly evil. But for him who has renounced, there is none." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2088 Raktākṣī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1953 Virodhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1438
Malayalam Era: 1207
Nanakshahi: 562
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya261.21°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra51.66°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala180.34°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha237.87°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati232.23°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra279.65°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani38.24°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:26 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:10 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:48 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:05 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:35 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 44 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 15 Mins 51 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:00 – 05:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:32 – 06:26
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:10
Vijaya Muhūrta13:35 – 14:18
Godhūli Muhūrta16:58 – 17:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:10 – 17:37
Amṛta Kāla16:55 – 18:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:10

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:47 – 09:07
Yamaganda10:28 – 11:48
Gulika Kāla13:09 – 14:29
Varjyam06:53 – 07:10
Dur Muhūrta 08:56 – 09:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:26 – 07:47 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:47 – 09:07 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:07 – 10:28 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:28 – 11:48 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:48 – 13:09 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:09 – 14:29 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:29 – 15:50 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:50 – 17:10 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:10 – 18:50 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:50 – 20:29 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:29 – 22:09 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:09 – 23:48 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:48 – 01:28 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:28 – 03:07 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:07 – 04:47 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:47 – 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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Trayodaśī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5132
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1874407.27
Julian Day2462872.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2862°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)149.25°
🪷 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 (24.2862°), declination -22.54°, EoT -5.88 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: 2031-01-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)