पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · December 28, 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 9.16 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
अहं क्रतुरहं यज्ञः स्वधाऽहमहमौषधम्।

मंत्रोऽहमहमेवाज्यमहमग्निरहं हुतम्।।9.16।।
"9.16 I am the Oblation, the Sacrifice and the Worship; I am the Fuel and the Chant, I am the Butter offered to the fire, I am the Fire itself, and I am the Act of offering." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.16'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 Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya252.98°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra189.17°TulāSvātī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala149.70°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha235.67°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati23.73°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra228.05°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani308.26°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:16 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:02 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:39 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:42 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:05 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 45 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 14 Mins 34 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:50 – 05:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:22 – 06:16
Abhijit Muhūrta11:17 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta13:26 – 14:09
Godhūli Muhūrta16:50 – 17:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:02 – 17:28
Amṛta Kāla16:47 – 18:32
Niśīta Muhūrta23:17 – 00:00

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:37 – 08:57
Yamaganda10:18 – 11:39
Gulika Kāla13:00 – 14:20
Varjyam06:43 – 07:00
Dur Muhūrta 08:47 – 09:08

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (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):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:16 – 07:37 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:37 – 08:57 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:57 – 10:18 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:18 – 11:39 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:39 – 13:00 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:00 – 14:20 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:20 – 15:41 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:41 – 17:02 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:02 – 18:41 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:41 – 20:20 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:20 – 22:00 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:00 – 23:39 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:39 – 01:18 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:18 – 02:57 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:57 – 04:37 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:37 – 06:16 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5066 · Kali-5066
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1850292.27 · 5065.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2438757.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.3639° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)293.21° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 25/30)
🪷 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 (23.3639°) · declination -23.28° · EoT -1.89 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:1964-12-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)