पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · December 19, 1978 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 14.27 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
ब्रह्मणो हि प्रतिष्ठाऽहममृतस्याव्ययस्य च।शाश्वतस्य च धर्मस्य सुखस्यैकान्तिकस्य च।।14.27।।
"14.27 For I am the Home of the Spirit, the continual Source of immortality, of eternal Righteousness and of infinite Joy."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.27's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2035 Prajāpati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1900 Kālayukta
Bengali Saṁvat: 1385
Malayalam Era: 1154
Nanakshahi: 509
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya243.21°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra112.94°KarkaAśleṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala251.51°DhanuMūla P4
बुध Budha222.84°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati104.31°KarkaPuṣya P4
शुक्र Śukra201.28°TulāViśākhā P1
शनि Śani140.22°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:12 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:57 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:35 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:24 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:23 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 45 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 15 Mins 00 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:46 – 05:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:18 – 06:12
Abhijit Muhūrta11:13 – 11:56
Vijaya Muhūrta13:22 – 14:05
Godhūli Muhūrta16:45 – 17:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:57 – 17:24
Amṛta Kāla16:42 – 18:27
Niśīta Muhūrta23:13 – 23:56

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:16 – 15:36
Yamaganda08:53 – 10:14
Gulika Kāla11:35 – 12:55
Varjyam06:39 – 06:56
Dur Muhūrta 08:43 – 09:04

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:12 – 07:33 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:33 – 08:53 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:53 – 10:14 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:14 – 11:35 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:35 – 12:55 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla12:55 – 14:16 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:16 – 15:36 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:36 – 16:57 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:57 – 18:36 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:36 – 20:16 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:16 – 21:55 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg21:55 – 23:35 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:35 – 01:14 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:14 – 02:53 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:53 – 04:33 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:33 – 06:12 (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 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 Year5080 · Kali-5080
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1855396.27 · 5079.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2443861.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5591° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)233.15° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (23.5591°) · declination -23.40° · EoT 2.32 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:1978-12-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)