पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · December 27, 2006 CE

🪷 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 6.38 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति।

अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि।।6.38।।
"6.38 Having failed in both, my Lord, is he without hope, like a riven cloud having no support, lost on the spiritual road?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2063 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1928 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1413
Malayalam Era: 1182
Nanakshahi: 537
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya251.18°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra333.64°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala230.78°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha244.65°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati223.96°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शुक्र Śukra265.80°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani120.56°SiṃhaMaghā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:16 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:01 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:38 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:07 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:09 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 45 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 14 Mins 46 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:50 – 05:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:22 – 06:16
Abhijit Muhūrta11:17 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta13:26 – 14:09
Godhūli Muhūrta16:49 – 17:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:01 – 17:28
Amṛta Kāla16:46 – 18:31
Niśīta Muhūrta23:17 – 00:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:38 – 12:59
Yamaganda07:36 – 08:57
Gulika Kāla10:18 – 11:38
Varjyam06:43 – 07:00
Dur Muhūrta 08:46 – 09:08

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (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):
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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:16 – 07:36 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:36 – 08:57 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:57 – 10:18 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:18 – 11:38 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:38 – 12:59 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:59 – 14:20 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:20 – 15:40 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:40 – 17:01 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:01 – 18:40 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:40 – 20:20 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:20 – 21:59 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:59 – 23:38 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:38 – 01:18 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:18 – 02:57 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:57 – 04:36 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:36 – 06:16 (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

Kali Year5108
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865631.27
Julian Day2454096.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9506°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)82.41°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (23.9506°), declination -23.34°, EoT -1.42 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2006-12-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)