पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · December 28, 2014 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 10.18 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
विस्तरेणात्मनो योगं विभूतिं च जनार्दन।

भूयः कथय तृप्तिर्हि श्रृण्वतो नास्ति मेऽमृतम्।।10.18।।
"10.18 Tell me again, I pray, about the fullness of Thy power and Thy glory; for I feel that I am never satisfied when I listen to Thy immortal words." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya252.15°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra332.66°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala293.65°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha263.13°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati117.19°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra267.52°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani216.15°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:16 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:02 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:39 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:01 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:01 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 45 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 14 Mins 35 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 Muhūrta16:50 – 17:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:02 – 17:28
Amṛta Kāla16:47 – 18:32
Niśīta Muhūrta23:17 – 00:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:41 – 17:02
Yamaganda11:39 – 13:00
Gulika Kāla14:20 – 15:41
Varjyam06:43 – 07:00
Dur Muhūrta 08:47 – 09:08

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (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 Udveg06:16 – 07:37 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:37 – 08:57 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:57 – 10:18 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:18 – 11:39 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:39 – 13:00 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:00 – 14:20 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:20 – 15:41 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:41 – 17:02 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:02 – 18:41 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:41 – 20:20 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:20 – 22:00 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:00 – 23:39 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:39 – 01:18 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:18 – 02:57 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:57 – 04:37 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:37 – 06:16 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868554.27
Julian Day2457019.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0624°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)78.09°
🪷 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 (24.0624°), declination -23.29°, EoT -1.89 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: 2014-12-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)