पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · January 16, 1993 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 2.38 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
सुखदुःखे समे कृत्वा लाभालाभौ जयाजयौ।

ततो युद्धाय युज्यस्व नैवं पापमवाप्स्यसि।।2.38।।
"2.38 Look upon pleasure and pain, victory and defeat, with an equal eye. Make ready for the combat, and thou shalt commit no sin." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2050 Vyaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1915 Śrīmukha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1400
Malayalam Era: 1169
Nanakshahi: 524
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya272.16°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra193.21°TulāSvātī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala80.84°MithunaPunarvasu P1
बुध Budha267.46°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati170.53°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra319.25°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
शनि Śani294.18°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:19 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:14 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:52 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:10 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 54 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 05 Mins 34 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:52 – 05:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:25 – 06:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:25 – 12:08
Vijaya Muhūrta13:36 – 14:19
Godhūli Muhūrta17:02 – 17:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:14 – 17:41
Amṛta Kāla16:59 – 18:44
Niśīta Muhūrta23:25 – 00:08

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:03 – 10:25
Yamaganda13:08 – 14:30
Gulika Kāla06:19 – 07:41
Varjyam06:47 – 07:04
Dur Muhūrta 08:52 – 09:14

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:19 – 07:41 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:41 – 09:03 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:03 – 10:25 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:25 – 11:47 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:47 – 13:08 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:08 – 14:30 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:30 – 15:52 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:52 – 17:14 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:14 – 18:52 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:52 – 20:30 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:30 – 22:08 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:08 – 23:47 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:47 – 01:25 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:25 – 03:03 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:03 – 04:41 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:41 – 06:19 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 22.5958°
Longitude: 88.2636°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5094 · Kali-5094
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1860538.27 · 5094.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2449003.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7558° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)278.55° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 24/30)
🪷 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 (23.7558°) · declination -20.96° · EoT -9.69 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:1993-01-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)