पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · January 19, 1887 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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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.5 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यज्ञदानतपःकर्म न त्याज्यं कार्यमेव तत्।यज्ञो दानं तपश्चैव पावनानि मनीषिणाम्।।18.5।।
"18.5 Acts of sacrifice, benevolence and austerity should not be given up but should be performed, for they purify the aspiring soul." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1944 Śārvarī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1809 Sarvajit
Bengali Saṁvat: 1294
Malayalam Era: 1063
Nanakshahi: 418
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya276.42°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra216.63°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala299.57°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha266.07°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati193.99°TulāSvātī P3
शुक्र Śukra289.20°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शनि Śani86.90°MithunaPunarvasu P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:19 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:16 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:48 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:20 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 56 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 03 Mins 31 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:52 – 05:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:25 – 06:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta13:37 – 14:21
Godhūli Muhūrta17:04 – 17:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:16 – 17:43
Amṛta Kāla17:01 – 18:46
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:09

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:48 – 13:10
Yamaganda07:41 – 09:03
Gulika Kāla10:26 – 11:48
Varjyam06:47 – 07:04
Dur Muhūrta 08:53 – 09:14

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical 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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:19 – 07:41 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:41 – 09:03 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:03 – 10:26 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:26 – 11:48 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:48 – 13:10 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:10 – 14:32 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:32 – 15:54 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:54 – 17:16 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:16 – 18:54 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:54 – 20:32 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:32 – 22:10 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:10 – 23:48 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:48 – 01:26 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:26 – 03:03 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:03 – 04:41 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:41 – 06:19 (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 Year4988 · Kali-4988
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1821825.27 · 4988.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2410290.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.2752° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)298.82° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 25/30)
🪷 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 (22.2752°) · declination -20.42° · EoT -10.66 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:1887-01-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)