पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · December 30, 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 5.11 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
कायेन मनसा बुद्ध्या केवलैरिन्द्रियैरपि।

योगिनः कर्म कुर्वन्ति सङ्गं त्यक्त्वाऽऽत्मशुद्धये।।5.11।।
"5.11 The sage performs his action dispassionately, using his body, mind and intellect, and even his senses, always as a means of purification." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.11'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 Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya254.26°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra204.20°TulāViśākhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala204.39°TulāViśākhā P2
बुध Budha273.44°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati113.06°KarkaAśleṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra207.87°TulāViśākhā P3
शनि Śani60.59°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:17 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:03 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:40 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:46 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:53 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 45 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 14 Mins 10 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:51 – 05:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:23 – 06:17
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:01
Vijaya Muhūrta13:27 – 14:10
Godhūli Muhūrta16:51 – 17:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:03 – 17:30
Amṛta Kāla16:48 – 18:33
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:01

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:38 – 08:58
Yamaganda10:19 – 11:40
Gulika Kāla13:00 – 14:21
Varjyam06:44 – 07:01
Dur Muhūrta 08:48 – 09:09

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:17 – 07:38 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:38 – 08:58 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:58 – 10:19 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:19 – 11:40 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:40 – 13:00 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:00 – 14:21 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:21 – 15:42 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:42 – 17:03 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:03 – 18:42 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:42 – 20:21 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:21 – 22:00 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:00 – 23:40 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:40 – 01:19 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:19 – 02:58 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:58 – 04:38 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:38 – 06:17 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

🌌 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 Year5104 · Kali-5104
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864173.27 · 5103.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452638.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8948° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)311.58° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (23.8948°) · declination -23.19° · EoT -2.80 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:2002-12-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)