पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · January 16, 1924 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.71 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
विहाय कामान्यः सर्वान्पुमांश्चरति निःस्पृहः।

निर्ममो निरहंकारः स शांतिमधिगच्छति।।2.71।।
"2.71 He attains Peace who, giving up desire, moves through the world without aspiration, possessing nothing which he can call his own, and free from pride." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.71's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1981 Īśvara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1846 Raktākṣī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1331
Malayalam Era: 1100
Nanakshahi: 455
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya271.85°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra24.59°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala215.84°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
बुध Budha266.24°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati229.87°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra303.92°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani189.21°TulāSvātī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:20 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:13 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:46 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:50 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 53 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 06 Mins 27 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:53 – 05:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:25 – 06:20
Abhijit Muhūrta11:25 – 12:08
Vijaya Muhūrta13:36 – 14:19
Godhūli Muhūrta17:01 – 17:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:13 – 17:41
Amṛta Kāla16:58 – 18:43
Niśīta Muhūrta23:25 – 00:08

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:47 – 13:08
Yamaganda07:42 – 09:03
Gulika Kāla10:25 – 11:47
Varjyam06:47 – 07:05
Dur Muhūrta 08:52 – 09:14

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu:
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana:
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:20 – 07:42 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:42 – 09:03 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:03 – 10:25 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:25 – 11:47 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:47 – 13:08 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:08 – 14:30 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:30 – 15:52 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:52 – 17:13 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:13 – 18:52 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:52 – 20:30 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:30 – 22:08 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:08 – 23:47 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:47 – 01:25 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:25 – 03:03 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:03 – 04:42 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:42 – 06:20 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 22.5958°
Longitude: 88.2636°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5025 · Kali-5025
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1835335.27 · 5025.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2423800.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.7919° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)111.36° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 10/30)
🪷 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 (22.7919°) · declination -21.19° · EoT -9.69 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:1924-01-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)