पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · January 7, 1964 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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🪷 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 18.76 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
राजन्संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य संवादमिममद्भुतम्।केशवार्जुनयोः पुण्यं हृष्यामि च मुहुर्मुहुः।।18.76।।
"18.76 O King! The more I think of that marvellous and holy discourse, the more I lose myself in joy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.76's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2021 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1886 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1371
Malayalam Era: 1140
Nanakshahi: 495
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya262.42°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra176.74°KanyāCitrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala272.28°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha257.12°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati348.70°MīnaRevatī P1
शुक्र Śukra294.79°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani298.37°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:19 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:07 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:43 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:11 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:50 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 48 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 11 Mins 31 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:53 – 05:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:25 – 06:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:22 – 12:05
Vijaya Muhūrta13:31 – 14:15
Godhūli Muhūrta16:55 – 17:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:07 – 17:35
Amṛta Kāla16:52 – 18:37
Niśīta Muhūrta23:22 – 00:05

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:25 – 15:46
Yamaganda09:01 – 10:22
Gulika Kāla11:43 – 13:04
Varjyam06:46 – 07:03
Dur Muhūrta 08:50 – 09:12

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:19 – 07:40 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:40 – 09:01 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:01 – 10:22 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:22 – 11:43 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:43 – 13:04 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:04 – 14:25 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:25 – 15:46 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:46 – 17:07 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:07 – 18:46 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:46 – 20:25 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:25 – 22:04 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:04 – 23:43 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:43 – 01:22 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:22 – 03:01 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:01 – 04:40 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:40 – 06:19 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 22.5958°
Longitude: 88.2636°
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 Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Citrā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year5065 · Kali-5065
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1849936.27 · 5065.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2438401.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.3503° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)272.26° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30)
🪷 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 (23.3503°) · declination -22.51° · EoT -6.29 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:1964-01-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)