पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · January 12, 1981 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: 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 17.10 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
यातयामं गतरसं पूति पर्युषितं च यत्।उच्छिष्टमपि चामेध्यं भोजनं तामसप्रियम्।।17.10।।
"17.10 The Ignorant love food which is stale, not nourishing, putrid and corrupt, the leavings of others and unclean." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2038 Bhāva
Śaka Saṁvat: 1903 Durmati
Bengali Saṁvat: 1388
Malayalam Era: 1157
Nanakshahi: 512
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya268.17°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra340.03°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala286.25°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha275.70°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati166.59°KanyāHasta P2
शुक्र Śukra247.63°DhanuMūla P3
शनि Śani165.92°KanyāHasta P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:19 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:45 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:28 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:38 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 51 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 08 Mins 19 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:52 – 05:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:25 – 06:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:23 – 12:07
Vijaya Muhūrta13:34 – 14:17
Godhūli Muhūrta16:59 – 17:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:11 – 17:38
Amṛta Kāla16:56 – 18:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:23 – 00:07

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:41 – 09:02
Yamaganda10:24 – 11:45
Gulika Kāla13:07 – 14:28
Varjyam06:47 – 07:04
Dur Muhūrta 08:51 – 09:13

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (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 · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:19 – 07:41 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:41 – 09:02 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:02 – 10:24 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:24 – 11:45 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:45 – 13:07 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:07 – 14:28 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:28 – 15:50 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:50 – 17:11 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:11 – 18:50 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:50 – 20:28 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:28 – 22:07 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:07 – 23:45 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:45 – 01:24 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:24 – 03:02 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:02 – 04:41 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:41 – 06:19 (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 Year5082 · Kali-5082
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1856151.27 · 5082.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2444616.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5880° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)72.18° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 7/30)
🪷 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 (23.5880°) · declination -21.68° · EoT -8.27 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:1981-01-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)