पञ्चाङ्ग — Asansol, West Bengal · April 19, 2017 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
Also observed today
- वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.8 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम्।प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत।।14.8।।
"14.8 But Ignorance, the product of darkness, stupefies the senses in all embodied beings, binding them by chains of folly, indolence and lethargy." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 3 |
| योग (Yoga) | Siddha |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Bālava |
| वार (Vāra) | Budhavāra (Wednesday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 5.09° | Meṣa | Aśvinī P2 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 270.94° | Makara | Uttara Āṣāḍhā P2 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 34.00° | Vṛṣabha | Kṛttikā P3 |
| बुध Budha | 7.06° | Meṣa | Aśvinī P3 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 172.31° | Kanyā | Hasta P4 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 332.84° | Mīna | Pūrva Bhādrapadā P4 |
| शनि Śani | 243.40° | Dhanu | Mūla P2 |
☀️ Asansol, West Bengal — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 05:18 IST |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 18:05 IST |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 11:41 IST |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 00:01 IST |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 10:49 IST |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 12 Hours 47 Mins 14 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 11 Hours 12 Mins 46 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 03:36 – 04:27 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 04:14 – 05:18 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:16 – 12:07 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 13:49 – 14:40 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 17:53 – 18:17 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 18:05 – 18:37 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 17:50 – 19:35 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:16 – 00:07 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 11:41 – 13:17 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 06:54 – 08:30 |
| Gulika Kāla | 10:06 – 11:41 |
| Varjyam | 05:50 – 06:10 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 08:17 – 08:42 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala
Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Labha | 05:18 – 06:54 (auspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Amṛta | 06:54 – 08:30 (auspicious) |
| Day-3 Kāla | 08:30 – 10:06 (inauspicious) |
| Day-4 Śubha | 10:06 – 11:41 (auspicious) |
| Day-5 Roga | 11:41 – 13:17 (inauspicious) |
| Day-6 Udveg | 13:17 – 14:53 (inauspicious) |
| Day-7 Chala | 14:53 – 16:29 (neutral) |
| Day-8 Labha | 16:29 – 18:05 (auspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Udveg | 18:05 – 19:29 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Chala | 19:29 – 20:53 (neutral) |
| Night-3 Labha | 20:53 – 22:17 (auspicious) |
| Night-4 Amṛta | 22:17 – 23:41 (auspicious) |
| Night-5 Kāla | 23:41 – 01:06 (inauspicious) |
| Night-6 Śubha | 01:06 – 02:30 (auspicious) |
| Night-7 Roga | 02:30 – 03:54 (inauspicious) |
| Night-8 Udveg | 03:54 – 05:18 (inauspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 23.6739°
Longitude: 86.9524°
Timezone: UTC+5.5
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Uttara Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)
🌌 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 Year | 5119 · Kali-5119 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1869397.27 · 5118.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2457862.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 24.0946° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 268.83° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30) |
🪷 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 (24.0946°) · declination 11.18° · EoT 0.74 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:2017-04-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)