पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · January 4, 2085 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 1.28 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

कृपया परयाऽऽविष्टो विषीदन्निदमब्रवीत्।

दृष्ट्वेमं स्वजनं कृष्ण युयुत्सुं समुपस्थितम्।।1.28।।
"1.28 And his heart melted with pity and sadly he spoke: O my Lord! When I see all these, my own people, thirsting for battle," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.28's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2142 Kālayukta
Śaka Saṁvat: 2007 Viśvāvasu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1492
Malayalam Era: 1261
Nanakshahi: 616
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya259.33°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra1.58°MeṣaAśvinī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala18.54°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
बुध Budha245.79°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati74.23°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शुक्र Śukra243.35°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani332.91°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:18 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:06 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:42 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:11 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:51 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 47 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 12 Mins 07 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:52 – 05:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:24 – 06:18
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 12:04
Vijaya Muhūrta13:30 – 14:13
Godhūli Muhūrta16:54 – 17:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:06 – 17:33
Amṛta Kāla16:51 – 18:36
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 00:04

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:03 – 14:24
Yamaganda06:18 – 07:39
Gulika Kāla09:00 – 10:21
Varjyam06:45 – 07:02
Dur Muhūrta 08:49 – 09:11

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:18 – 07:39 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:39 – 09:00 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:00 – 10:21 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:21 – 11:42 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:42 – 13:03 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:03 – 14:24 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:24 – 15:45 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:45 – 17:06 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:06 – 18:45 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:45 – 20:24 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:24 – 22:03 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:03 – 23:42 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:42 – 01:21 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:21 – 03:00 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:00 – 04:39 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:39 – 06:18 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

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

🌌 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 Year5186 · Kali-5186
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1894129.27 · 5185.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2482594.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)25.0405° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)99.24° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 9/30)
🪷 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 (25.0405°) · declination -22.66° · EoT -5.02 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:2085-01-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)