पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · January 20, 1992 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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.10 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
अनेकवक्त्रनयनमनेकाद्भुतदर्शनम्।

अनेकदिव्याभरणं दिव्यानेकोद्यतायुधम्।।11.10।।
"11.10 There were countless eyes and mouths, and mystic forms innumerable, with shining ornaments and flaming celestial weapons." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2049 Pārthiva
Śaka Saṁvat: 1914 Aṅgirasa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1399
Malayalam Era: 1168
Nanakshahi: 523
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya275.48°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra97.60°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala254.33°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha260.98°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati140.01°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra239.91°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani284.20°MakaraŚravaṇa P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:19 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:16 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:48 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:19 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:34 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 56 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 03 Mins 07 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:52 – 05:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:25 – 06:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:10
Vijaya Muhūrta13:37 – 14:21
Godhūli Muhūrta17:04 – 17:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:16 – 17:44
Amṛta Kāla17:01 – 18:46
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:10

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:42 – 09:04
Yamaganda10:26 – 11:48
Gulika Kāla13:10 – 14:32
Varjyam06:47 – 07:04
Dur Muhūrta 08:53 – 09:15

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:19 – 07:42 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:42 – 09:04 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:04 – 10:26 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:26 – 11:48 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:48 – 13:10 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:10 – 14:32 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:32 – 15:54 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:54 – 17:16 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:16 – 18:54 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:54 – 20:32 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:32 – 22:10 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:10 – 23:48 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:48 – 01:26 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:26 – 03:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:04 – 04:42 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:42 – 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 Year5093 · Kali-5093
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1860176.27 · 5093.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2448641.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7420° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)181.65° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (23.7420°) · declination -20.31° · EoT -10.96 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:1992-01-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)