पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · January 23, 2049 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 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 5.13 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सर्वकर्माणि मनसा संन्यस्यास्ते सुखं वशी।

नवद्वारे पुरे देही नैव कुर्वन्न कारयन्।।5.13।।
"5.13 Mentally renouncing all actions, the self-controlled soul enjoys bliss in this body, the city of the nine gates, neither doing anything himself nor causing anything to be done." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2106 Citrabhānu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1971 Śukla
Bengali Saṁvat: 1456
Malayalam Era: 1225
Nanakshahi: 580
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya278.92°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra142.87°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala335.17°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha258.02°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati56.87°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
शुक्र Śukra323.74°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani264.79°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:19 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:19 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:34 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:55 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 00 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 59 Mins 37 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:51 – 05:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:24 – 06:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:11
Vijaya Muhūrta13:39 – 14:23
Godhūli Muhūrta17:07 – 17:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:19 – 17:46
Amṛta Kāla17:04 – 18:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:11

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:04 – 10:26
Yamaganda13:11 – 14:34
Gulika Kāla06:19 – 07:41
Varjyam06:46 – 07:04
Dur Muhūrta 08:53 – 09:15

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:19 – 07:41 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:41 – 09:04 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:04 – 10:26 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:26 – 11:49 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:49 – 13:11 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:11 – 14:34 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:34 – 15:56 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:56 – 17:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:19 – 18:56 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:56 – 20:34 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:34 – 22:11 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:11 – 23:49 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:49 – 01:26 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:26 – 03:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:04 – 04:41 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:41 – 06:19 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5150 · Kali-5150
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1880999.27 · 5150.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2469464.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.5384° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)226.78° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (24.5384°) · declination -19.38° · EoT -11.81 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2049-01-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)