पञ्चाङ्ग — Durgapur, West Bengal · January 7, 2025 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 14.24 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
समदुःखसुखः स्वस्थः समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः।तुल्यप्रियाप्रियो धीरस्तुल्यनिन्दात्मसंस्तुतिः।।14.24।।
"14.24 Who accepts pain and pleasure as it comes, is centred in his Self, to whom a piece of clay or stone or gold are the same, who neither likes nor dislikes, who is steadfast, indifferent alike to praise or censure;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2082 Kālayukta
Śaka Saṁvat: 1947 Viśvāvasu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1432
Malayalam Era: 1201
Nanakshahi: 556
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya262.78°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra353.31°MīnaRevatī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala95.21°KarkaPuṣya P1
बुध Budha243.41°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati48.38°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra309.56°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani320.90°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:24 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:10 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:35 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:04 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 45 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 14 Mins 31 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:58 – 05:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:31 – 06:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta13:35 – 14:18
Godhūli Muhūrta16:58 – 17:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:10 – 17:37
Amṛta Kāla16:55 – 18:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:09

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:28 – 15:49
Yamaganda09:06 – 10:26
Gulika Kāla11:47 – 13:08
Varjyam06:51 – 07:08
Dur Muhūrta 08:55 – 09:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:24 – 07:45 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:45 – 09:06 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:06 – 10:26 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:26 – 11:47 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:47 – 13:08 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:08 – 14:28 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:28 – 15:49 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:49 – 17:10 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:10 – 18:49 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:49 – 20:28 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:28 – 22:08 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:08 – 23:47 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:47 – 01:26 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:26 – 03:06 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:06 – 04:45 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:45 – 06:24 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 23.5204°
Longitude: 87.3119°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Revatī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872217.27
Julian Day2460682.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2025°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)90.87°
🪷 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 (24.2025°), declination -22.36°, EoT -6.29 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: 2025-01-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)