पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · January 21, 1939 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.72 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
कच्चिदेतच्छ्रुतं पार्थ त्वयैकाग्रेण चेतसा।कच्चिदज्ञानसंमोहः प्रनष्टस्ते धनञ्जय।।18.72।।
"18.72 O Arjuna! Hast thou listened attentively to My words? Has thy ignorance and thy delusion gone?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.72's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1996 Nandana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1861 Pramāthi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1346
Malayalam Era: 1115
Nanakshahi: 470
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya277.10°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra282.26°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala212.71°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
बुध Budha260.00°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati312.29°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra231.40°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani349.89°MīnaRevatī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:19 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:17 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:48 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:39 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:39 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 57 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 02 Mins 25 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:52 – 05:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:25 – 06:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:10
Vijaya Muhūrta13:38 – 14:22
Godhūli Muhūrta17:05 – 17:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:17 – 17:44
Amṛta Kāla17:02 – 18:47
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:10

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:04 – 10:26
Yamaganda13:10 – 14:33
Gulika Kāla06:19 – 07:42
Varjyam06:47 – 07:04
Dur Muhūrta 08:53 – 09:15

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:19 – 07:42 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:42 – 09:04 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:04 – 10:26 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:26 – 11:48 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:48 – 13:10 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:10 – 14:33 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:33 – 15:55 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:55 – 17:17 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:17 – 18:55 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:55 – 20:33 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:33 – 22:10 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:10 – 23:48 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:48 – 01:26 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:26 – 03:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:04 – 04:42 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:42 – 06:19 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 22.5958°
Longitude: 88.2636°
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 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 Year5040 · Kali-5040
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1840819.27 · 5040.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2429284.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.0016° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)6.58° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (23.0016°) · declination -20.13° · EoT -11.26 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage: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:1939-01-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)