पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · December 17, 2058 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: 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 8.17 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः।

रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः।।8.17।।
"8.17 Those who understand the cosmic day and cosmic night know that one day of creation is a thousand cycles, and that the night is of equal length." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2115 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1980 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1465
Malayalam Era: 1234
Nanakshahi: 589
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya240.65°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra259.18°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala137.05°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha221.93°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati349.02°MīnaRevatī P1
शुक्र Śukra193.17°TulāSvātī P2
शनि Śani18.12°MeṣaBharaṇī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:11 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:56 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:25 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:10 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 45 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 14 Mins 50 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:45 – 05:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:17 – 06:11
Abhijit Muhūrta11:12 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:21 – 14:04
Godhūli Muhūrta16:44 – 17:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:56 – 17:23
Amṛta Kāla16:41 – 18:26
Niśīta Muhūrta23:12 – 23:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:15 – 15:36
Yamaganda08:52 – 10:13
Gulika Kāla11:34 – 12:54
Varjyam06:38 – 06:55
Dur Muhūrta 08:42 – 09:03

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:11 – 07:32 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:32 – 08:52 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:52 – 10:13 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:13 – 11:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:34 – 12:54 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla12:54 – 14:15 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:15 – 15:36 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:36 – 16:56 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:56 – 18:36 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:36 – 20:15 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:15 – 21:54 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg21:54 – 23:34 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:34 – 01:13 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:13 – 02:52 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:52 – 04:32 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:32 – 06:11 (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 — 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 Year5160 · Kali-5160
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1884614.27 · 5159.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2473079.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.6766° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)16.47° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (24.6766°) · declination -23.35° · EoT 3.25 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:2058-12-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)