पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · January 23, 1999 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: 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 4.18 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
कर्मण्यकर्म यः पश्येदकर्मणि च कर्म यः।

स बुद्धिमान् मनुष्येषु स युक्तः कृत्स्नकर्मकृत्।।4.18।।
"4.18 He who can see inaction in action, and action in inaction, is the wisest among men. He is a saint, even though he still acts." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2056 Nandana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1921 Pramāthi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1406
Malayalam Era: 1175
Nanakshahi: 530
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya278.74°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra345.70°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala184.72°TulāCitrā P4
बुध Budha270.79°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati331.82°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra299.17°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani3.42°MeṣaAśvinī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:19 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:19 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:08 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:25 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 59 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 00 Mins 22 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:51 – 05:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:24 – 06:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:11
Vijaya Muhūrta13:39 – 14:23
Godhūli Muhūrta17:07 – 17:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:19 – 17:46
Amṛta Kāla17:04 – 18:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:11

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:04 – 10:26
Yamaganda13:11 – 14:34
Gulika Kāla06:19 – 07:41
Varjyam06:46 – 07:04
Dur Muhūrta 08:53 – 09:15

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:19 – 07:41 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:41 – 09:04 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:04 – 10:26 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:26 – 11:49 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:49 – 13:11 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:11 – 14:34 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:34 – 15:56 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:56 – 17:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:19 – 18:56 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:56 – 20:34 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:34 – 22:11 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:11 – 23:49 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:49 – 01:26 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:26 – 03:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:04 – 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 Year5100 · Kali-5100
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862736.27 · 5100.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451201.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8399° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)67.38° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 6/30)
🪷 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 (23.8399°) · declination -19.58° · EoT -11.81 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:1999-01-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)