पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · December 28, 1987 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 9.4 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
मया ततमिदं सर्वं जगदव्यक्तमूर्तिना।

मत्स्थानि सर्वभूतानि न चाहं तेष्ववस्थितः।।9.4।।
"9.4 The whole world is pervaded by Me, yet My form is not seen. All living things have their being in Me, yet I am not limited by them." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2044 Vikrama
Śaka Saṁvat: 1909 Prabhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1394
Malayalam Era: 1163
Nanakshahi: 518
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya252.07°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra349.85°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala208.80°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha254.98°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati357.02°MīnaRevatī P4
शुक्र Śukra283.63°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani240.99°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:16 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:01 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:39 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:59 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:21 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 45 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 14 Mins 40 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 Muhūrta16:49 – 17:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:01 – 17:28
Amṛta Kāla16:46 – 18:31
Niśīta Muhūrta23:17 – 00:00

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:37 – 08:58
Yamaganda10:18 – 11:39
Gulika Kāla12:59 – 14:20
Varjyam06:43 – 07:00
Dur Muhūrta 08:47 – 09:08

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (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 · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:16 – 07:37 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:37 – 08:58 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:58 – 10:18 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:18 – 11:39 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:39 – 12:59 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala12:59 – 14:20 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:20 – 15:41 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:41 – 17:01 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:01 – 18:41 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:41 – 20:20 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:20 – 21:59 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla21:59 – 23:39 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:39 – 01:18 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:18 – 02:58 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:58 – 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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Revatī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla 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 Year5089 · Kali-5089
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1858692.27 · 5088.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2447157.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.6852° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)95.24° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (23.6852°) · declination -23.31° · 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:1987-12-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)