पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · January 18, 2070 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
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 4.9 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
जन्म कर्म च मे दिव्यमेवं यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः।

त्यक्त्वा देहं पुनर्जन्म नैति मामेति सोऽर्जुन।।4.9।।
"4.9 He who realises the divine truth concerning My birth and life is not born again; and when he leaves his body, he becomes one with Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2127 Śobhana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1992 Vikṛti
Bengali Saṁvat: 1477
Malayalam Era: 1246
Nanakshahi: 601
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya273.44°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra341.20°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala36.44°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
बुध Budha249.42°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati325.12°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra240.55°DhanuMūla P1
शनि Śani173.83°KanyāCitrā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:19 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:15 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:12 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:25 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 56 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 03 Mins 51 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:52 – 05:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:25 – 06:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:25 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta13:37 – 14:20
Godhūli Muhūrta17:03 – 17:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:15 – 17:43
Amṛta Kāla17:00 – 18:45
Niśīta Muhūrta23:25 – 00:09

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:03 – 10:25
Yamaganda13:09 – 14:31
Gulika Kāla06:19 – 07:41
Varjyam06:47 – 07:04
Dur Muhūrta 08:52 – 09:14

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:19 – 07:41 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:41 – 09:03 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:03 – 10:25 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:25 – 11:47 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:47 – 13:09 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:09 – 14:31 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:31 – 15:53 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:53 – 17:15 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:15 – 18:53 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:53 – 20:31 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:31 – 22:09 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:09 – 23:47 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:47 – 01:25 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:25 – 03:03 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:03 – 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 Year5171 · Kali-5171
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1888664.27 · 5171.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2477129.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.8315° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)68.87° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 6/30)
🪷 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 (24.8315°) · declination -20.51° · EoT -10.35 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:2070-01-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)