पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · November 22, 1876 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: स्कन्द षष्ठी — Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī
Kārttikeya's victory over Tāraka. Important Shaiva day in Tamil tradition.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.9 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
सञ्जय उवाच

एवमुक्त्वा ततो राजन्महायोगेश्वरो हरिः।

दर्शयामास पार्थाय परमं रूपमैश्वरम्।।11.9।।
"11.9 Sanjaya continued: "Having thus spoken, O King, the Lord Shri Krishna, the Almighty Prince of Wisdom, showed to Arjuna the Supreme Form of the Great God." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1933 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1798 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1283
Malayalam Era: 1052
Nanakshahi: 407
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya218.00°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
चन्द्र Candra284.72°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala184.74°TulāCitrā P4
बुध Budha212.62°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati229.52°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra180.81°TulāCitrā P3
शनि Śani310.60°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:55 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:53 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:24 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:20 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:21 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 57 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 02 Mins 36 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:27 – 05:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:00 – 05:55
Abhijit Muhūrta11:02 – 11:46
Vijaya Muhūrta13:13 – 13:57
Godhūli Muhūrta16:41 – 17:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:53 – 17:20
Amṛta Kāla16:38 – 18:23
Niśīta Muhūrta23:02 – 23:46

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:24 – 12:46
Yamaganda07:17 – 08:39
Gulika Kāla10:02 – 11:24
Varjyam06:22 – 06:40
Dur Muhūrta 08:28 – 08:50

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:55 – 07:17 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:17 – 08:39 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:39 – 10:02 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:02 – 11:24 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:24 – 12:46 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:46 – 14:08 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:08 – 15:30 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:30 – 16:53 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:53 – 18:30 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:30 – 20:08 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:08 – 21:46 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:46 – 23:24 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:24 – 01:02 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:02 – 02:39 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:39 – 04:17 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:17 – 05:55 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year4978 · Kali-4978
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1818115.27 · 4977.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2406580.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.1333° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)69.85° · 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 (22.1333°) · declination -20.18° · EoT 13.15 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:1876-11-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)