पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · January 2, 2007 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 6.44 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
पूर्वाभ्यासेन तेनैव ह्रियते ह्यवशोऽपि सः।

जिज्ञासुरपि योगस्य शब्दब्रह्मातिवर्तते।।6.44।।
"6.44 Unconsciously he will return to the practices of his old life; so that he who tries to realise spiritual consciousness is certainly superior to one who only talks of it." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.44's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2064 Śārvarī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1929 Sarvajit
Bengali Saṁvat: 1414
Malayalam Era: 1183
Nanakshahi: 538
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya257.29°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra57.88°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala235.11°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha254.15°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati225.20°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शुक्र Śukra273.32°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani120.30°SiṃhaMaghā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:18 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:04 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:41 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:40 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:07 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 46 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 13 Mins 17 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:52 – 05:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:24 – 06:18
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 12:03
Vijaya Muhūrta13:29 – 14:12
Godhūli Muhūrta16:52 – 17:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:04 – 17:31
Amṛta Kāla16:49 – 18:34
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 00:03

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:23 – 15:44
Yamaganda08:59 – 10:20
Gulika Kāla11:41 – 13:02
Varjyam06:45 – 07:02
Dur Muhūrta 08:49 – 09:10

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:18 – 07:39 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:39 – 08:59 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:59 – 10:20 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:20 – 11:41 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:41 – 13:02 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:02 – 14:23 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:23 – 15:44 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:44 – 17:04 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:04 – 18:44 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:44 – 20:23 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:23 – 22:02 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:02 – 23:41 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:41 – 01:20 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:20 – 02:59 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:59 – 04:39 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:39 – 06:18 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5108
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865637.27
Julian Day2454102.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9508°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)162.21°
🪷 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 (23.9508°), declination -22.96°, EoT -4.15 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: 2007-01-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)