पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · January 12, 2002 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 15.13 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
गामाविश्य च भूतानि धारयाम्यहमोजसा।पुष्णामि चौषधीः सर्वाः सोमो भूत्वा रसात्मकः।।15.13।।
"15.13 1 enter this world and animate all My creatures with My vitality; and by My cool moonbeams I nourish the plants." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya267.77°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra250.16°DhanuMūla P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala331.08°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha286.81°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati75.21°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शुक्र Śukra267.18°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani44.71°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:19 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:45 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:13 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:56 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 51 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 08 Mins 23 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:53 – 05:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:25 – 06:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:23 – 12:07
Vijaya Muhūrta13:34 – 14:17
Godhūli Muhūrta16:59 – 17:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:11 – 17:38
Amṛta Kāla16:56 – 18:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:23 – 00:07

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:02 – 10:24
Yamaganda13:07 – 14:28
Gulika Kāla06:19 – 07:41
Varjyam06:47 – 07:04
Dur Muhūrta 08:51 – 09:13

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:19 – 07:41 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:41 – 09:02 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:02 – 10:24 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:24 – 11:45 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:45 – 13:07 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:07 – 14:28 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:28 – 15:50 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:50 – 17:11 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:11 – 18:50 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:50 – 20:28 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:28 – 22:07 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:07 – 23:45 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:45 – 01:24 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:24 – 03:02 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:02 – 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 Year5103 · Kali-5103
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863821.27 · 5103.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452286.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8814° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)343.27° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (23.8814°) · declination -21.69° · EoT -8.27 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:2002-01-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)