पञ्चाङ्ग — Dhaka, Bangladesh · January 4, 2021 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 12.17 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति।शुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्ितमान्यः स मे प्रियः।।12.17।।
"12.17 He who is beyond joy and hate, who neither laments nor desires, to whom good and evil fortunes are the same, such a one is My beloved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya259.75°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra139.38°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala4.27°MeṣaAśvinī P2
बुध Budha268.31°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati279.33°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra239.80°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani277.83°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

Dhaka, Bangladesh — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC+6)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:42 UTC+6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:25 UTC+6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 UTC+6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:48 UTC+6
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:16 UTC+6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 42 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 17 Mins 07 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:16 – 05:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:48 – 06:42
Abhijit Muhūrta11:42 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta13:51 – 14:33
Godhūli Muhūrta17:13 – 17:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:25 – 17:52
Amṛta Kāla17:10 – 18:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:42 – 00:25

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:02 – 09:23
Yamaganda10:43 – 12:03
Gulika Kāla13:24 – 14:44
Varjyam07:09 – 07:26
Dur Muhūrta 09:12 – 09:33

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:42 – 08:02 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:02 – 09:23 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:23 – 10:43 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:43 – 12:03 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:03 – 13:24 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:24 – 14:44 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:44 – 16:04 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:04 – 17:25 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:25 – 19:04 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:04 – 20:44 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:44 – 22:24 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:24 – 00:03 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:03 – 01:43 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:43 – 03:23 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:23 – 05:02 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:02 – 06:42 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 23.8103°
Longitude: 90.4125°
Timezone: UTC+6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870753.27
Julian Day2459218.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1465°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)240.44°
🪷 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 (24.1465°), declination -22.71°, EoT -5.02 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: 2021-01-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)