पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · January 28, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.7 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
इहैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं पश्याद्य सचराचरम्।

मम देहे गुडाकेश यच्चान्यद्द्रष्टुमिच्छसि।।11.7।।
"11.7 Here in Me living as one, O Arjuna, behold the whole universe, movable and immovable, and anything else that thou wouldst see!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya283.72°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra24.01°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala317.88°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
बुध Budha289.08°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati114.06°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra306.25°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani218.92°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:18 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:22 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:59 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:03 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 04 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 55 Mins 42 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:49 – 05:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:22 – 06:18
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:12
Vijaya Muhūrta13:41 – 14:25
Godhūli Muhūrta17:10 – 17:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:22 – 17:50
Amṛta Kāla17:07 – 18:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:12

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:50 – 13:13
Yamaganda07:41 – 09:04
Gulika Kāla10:27 – 11:50
Varjyam06:45 – 07:03
Dur Muhūrta 08:53 – 09:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:18 – 07:41 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:41 – 09:04 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:04 – 10:27 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:27 – 11:50 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:50 – 13:13 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:13 – 14:36 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:36 – 15:59 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:59 – 17:22 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:22 – 18:59 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:59 – 20:36 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:36 – 22:13 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:13 – 23:50 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:50 – 01:27 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:27 – 03:04 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:04 – 04:41 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:41 – 06:18 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Bharaṇī alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868585.27
Julian Day2457050.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0636°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)97.59°
🪷 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 (24.0636°), declination -18.32°, EoT -12.97 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: 2015-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)