पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · December 30, 1986 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 18.57 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
चेतसा सर्वकर्माणि मयि संन्यस्य मत्परः।बुद्धियोगमुपाश्रित्य मच्चित्तः सततं भव।।18.57।।
"18.57 Surrender then thy actions unto Me, live in Me, concentrate thine intellect on Me, and think always of Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.57's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2043 Pramāthi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1908 Akṣaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1393
Malayalam Era: 1162
Nanakshahi: 517
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya254.37°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra238.73°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala329.85°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
बुध Budha246.64°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati324.31°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra208.82°TulāViśākhā P3
शनि Śani231.13°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:17 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:03 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:40 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:59 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 45 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 14 Mins 12 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:51 – 05:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:23 – 06:17
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:01
Vijaya Muhūrta13:27 – 14:10
Godhūli Muhūrta16:51 – 17:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:03 – 17:30
Amṛta Kāla16:48 – 18:33
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:01

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:21 – 15:42
Yamaganda08:58 – 10:19
Gulika Kāla11:40 – 13:00
Varjyam06:44 – 07:01
Dur Muhūrta 08:48 – 09:09

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (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):
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 · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:17 – 07:38 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:38 – 08:58 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:58 – 10:19 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:19 – 11:40 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:40 – 13:00 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:00 – 14:21 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:21 – 15:42 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:42 – 17:03 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:03 – 18:42 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:42 – 20:21 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:21 – 22:00 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:00 – 23:40 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:40 – 01:19 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:19 – 02:58 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:58 – 04:38 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:38 – 06:17 (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 Caturdaśī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

🌌 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 Year5088 · Kali-5088
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1858329.27 · 5087.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2446794.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.6713° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)345.17° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (23.6713°) · declination -23.19° · EoT -2.80 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:1986-12-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)