पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · January 25, 2037 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 1.42 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
सङ्करो नरकायैव कुलघ्नानां कुलस्य च।

पतन्ति पितरो ह्येषां लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः।।1.42।।
"1.42 Promiscuity ruins both the family and those who defile it; while the souls of our ancestors droop, through lack of the funeral cakes and ablutions." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.42's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2094 Pramoda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1959 Piṅgala
Bengali Saṁvat: 1444
Malayalam Era: 1213
Nanakshahi: 568
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya281.03°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra15.74°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala239.82°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha258.69°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati51.32°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra267.03°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani126.41°SiṃhaMaghā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:18 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:20 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:40 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:36 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 02 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 57 Mins 54 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:50 – 05:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:23 – 06:18
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:11
Vijaya Muhūrta13:40 – 14:24
Godhūli Muhūrta17:08 – 17:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:20 – 17:48
Amṛta Kāla17:05 – 18:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:11

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:58 – 17:20
Yamaganda11:49 – 13:12
Gulika Kāla14:35 – 15:58
Varjyam06:46 – 07:03
Dur Muhūrta 08:53 – 09:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
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 Udveg06:18 – 07:41 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:41 – 09:04 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:04 – 10:26 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:26 – 11:49 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:49 – 13:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:12 – 14:35 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:35 – 15:58 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:58 – 17:20 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:20 – 18:58 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:58 – 20:35 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:35 – 22:12 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:12 – 23:49 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:49 – 01:26 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:26 – 03:04 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:04 – 04:41 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:41 – 06:18 (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-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 Year5138
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1876618.27
Julian Day2465083.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.3708°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)98.16°
🪷 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 (24.3708°), declination -18.92°, EoT -12.31 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: 2037-01-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)