पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · December 19, 1994 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 2.39 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
एषा तेऽभिहिता सांख्ये बुद्धिर्योगे त्विमां शृणु।

बुद्ध्यायुक्तो यया पार्थ कर्मबन्धं प्रहास्यसि।।2.39।।
"2.39 I have told thee the philosophy of Knowledge. Now listen and I will explain the philosophy of Action, by means of which, O Arjuna, thou shalt break through the bondage of all action." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.39's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2051 Sarvajit
Śaka Saṁvat: 1916 Bhāva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1401
Malayalam Era: 1170
Nanakshahi: 525
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya243.11°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra73.58°MithunaĀrdrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala127.59°SiṃhaMaghā P3
बुध Budha245.94°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati218.43°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शुक्र Śukra199.31°TulāSvātī P4
शनि Śani313.23°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:12 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:57 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:35 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:33 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:00 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 44 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 15 Mins 01 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:46 – 05:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:18 – 06:12
Abhijit Muhūrta11:13 – 11:56
Vijaya Muhūrta13:22 – 14:05
Godhūli Muhūrta16:45 – 17:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:57 – 17:24
Amṛta Kāla16:42 – 18:27
Niśīta Muhūrta23:13 – 23:56

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:33 – 08:53
Yamaganda10:14 – 11:35
Gulika Kāla12:55 – 14:16
Varjyam06:39 – 06:56
Dur Muhūrta 08:43 – 09:04

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:12 – 07:33 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:33 – 08:53 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:53 – 10:14 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:14 – 11:35 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:35 – 12:55 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala12:55 – 14:16 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:16 – 15:36 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:36 – 16:57 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:57 – 18:36 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:36 – 20:16 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:16 – 21:55 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla21:55 – 23:35 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:35 – 01:14 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:14 – 02:53 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:53 – 04:33 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:33 – 06:12 (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 Year5096 · Kali-5096
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861240.27 · 5095.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2449705.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7827° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)191.60° · 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 (23.7827°) · declination -23.40° · EoT 2.32 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:1994-12-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)