पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · January 9, 1960 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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Also observed today
- लोहड़ी · LohriRegional
- एकादशी · EkādaśīVaishnava
- धनु सङ्क्रान्ति · Dhanu SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.19 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ज्ञानं कर्म च कर्ता च त्रिधैव गुणभेदतः।प्रोच्यते गुणसंख्याने यथावच्छृणु तान्यपि।।18.19।।
"18.19 The knowledge, the act and the doer differ according to the Qualities. Listen to this too:" — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2017 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1882 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1367
Malayalam Era: 1136
Nanakshahi: 491
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Kṛttikā Pada 1 |
| योग (Yoga) | Sādhya |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Vaṇija |
| वार (Vāra) | Śanivāra (Saturday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 264.48° | Dhanu | Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 30.38° | Vṛṣabha | Kṛttikā P2 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 243.47° | Dhanu | Mūla P2 |
| बुध Budha | 254.47° | Dhanu | Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P1 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 237.91° | Vṛścika | Jyeṣṭhā P4 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 225.24° | Vṛścika | Anurādhā P4 |
| शनि Śani | 257.63° | Dhanu | Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P2 |
☀️ Howrah, West Bengal — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 06:19 IST |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 17:09 IST |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 11:44 IST |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 13:33 IST |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 02:43 IST |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 10 Hours 49 Mins 27 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 13 Hours 10 Mins 33 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 04:53 – 05:36 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 05:25 – 06:19 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:22 – 12:06 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 13:32 – 14:16 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 16:57 – 17:21 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 17:09 – 17:36 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 16:54 – 18:39 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:22 – 00:06 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 09:02 – 10:23 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 13:05 – 14:26 |
| Gulika Kāla | 06:19 – 07:41 |
| Varjyam | 06:46 – 07:04 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 08:51 – 09:13 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Kāla | 06:19 – 07:41 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Śubha | 07:41 – 09:02 (auspicious) |
| Day-3 Roga | 09:02 – 10:23 (inauspicious) |
| Day-4 Udveg | 10:23 – 11:44 (inauspicious) |
| Day-5 Chala | 11:44 – 13:05 (neutral) |
| Day-6 Labha | 13:05 – 14:26 (auspicious) |
| Day-7 Amṛta | 14:26 – 15:48 (auspicious) |
| Day-8 Kāla | 15:48 – 17:09 (inauspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Labha | 17:09 – 18:48 (auspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Amṛta | 18:48 – 20:26 (auspicious) |
| Night-3 Kāla | 20:26 – 22:05 (inauspicious) |
| Night-4 Śubha | 22:05 – 23:44 (auspicious) |
| Night-5 Roga | 23:44 – 01:23 (inauspicious) |
| Night-6 Udveg | 01:23 – 03:02 (inauspicious) |
| Night-7 Chala | 03:02 – 04:41 (neutral) |
| Night-8 Labha | 04:41 – 06:19 (auspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 22.5958°
Longitude: 88.2636°
Timezone: UTC+5.5
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Śukla Ekādaśī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)
🌌 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 Year | 5061 · Kali-5061 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1848477.27 · 5061.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2436942.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 23.2945° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 123.73° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30) |
🪷 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 (23.2945°) · declination -22.26° · EoT -7.10 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:1960-01-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)