पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · January 12, 2005 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: 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 6.25 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
शनैः शनैरुपरमेद् बुद्ध्या धृतिगृहीतया।

आत्मसंस्थं मनः कृत्वा न किञ्चिदपि चिन्तयेत्।।6.25।।
"6.25 Little by little, by the help of his reason controlled by fortitude, let him attain peace; and, fixing his mind on the Self, let him not think of any other thing." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.25's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2062 Vilambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1927 Pārthiva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1412
Malayalam Era: 1181
Nanakshahi: 536
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya268.01°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra289.98°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala228.01°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha248.55°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati174.58°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra248.94°DhanuMūla P3
शनि Śani89.98°MithunaPunarvasu P3

☀️ 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)07:39 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:47 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 51 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 08 Mins 13 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:52 – 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 Kāla11:45 – 13:07
Yamaganda07:41 – 09:02
Gulika Kāla10:24 – 11:45
Varjyam06:46 – 07:04
Dur Muhūrta 08:51 – 09:13

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:19 – 07:41 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:41 – 09:02 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:02 – 10:24 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:24 – 11:45 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:45 – 13:07 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:07 – 14:28 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:28 – 15:50 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:50 – 17:11 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:11 – 18:50 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:50 – 20:28 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:28 – 22:07 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:07 – 23:45 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:45 – 01:24 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:24 – 03:02 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:02 – 04:41 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:41 – 06:19 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5106 · Kali-5106
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864917.27 · 5106.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453382.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9233° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)20.46° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (23.9233°) · declination -21.65° · 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:2005-01-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)