पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · September 29, 1893 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: सङ्कष्टी चतुर्थी — Saṅkaṣṭī Caturthī
Monthly Gaṇeśa vrata.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.36 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
असंयतात्मना योगो दुष्प्राप इति मे मतिः।

वश्यात्मना तु यतता शक्योऽवाप्तुमुपायतः।।6.36।।
"6.36 It is not possible to attain Self-Realisation if a man does not know how to control himself; but for him who, striving by proper means, learns such control, it is possible." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1950 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1815 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1300
Malayalam Era: 1069
Nanakshahi: 424
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya163.75°KanyāHasta P2
चन्द्र Candra25.72°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala156.92°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha171.87°KanyāHasta P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati39.92°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
शुक्र Śukra203.54°TulāViśākhā P2
शनि Śani173.12°KanyāHasta P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:27 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:26 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:26 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:42 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:47 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 59 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 00 Mins 52 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:51 – 04:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:27 – 05:27
Abhijit Muhūrta11:02 – 11:50
Vijaya Muhūrta13:26 – 14:14
Godhūli Muhūrta17:14 – 17:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:26 – 17:56
Amṛta Kāla17:11 – 18:56
Niśīta Muhūrta23:02 – 23:50

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:57 – 11:26
Yamaganda14:26 – 15:56
Gulika Kāla06:57 – 08:27
Varjyam05:57 – 06:16
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:27 – 06:57 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:57 – 08:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:27 – 09:57 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla09:57 – 11:26 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:26 – 12:56 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga12:56 – 14:26 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:26 – 15:56 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:56 – 17:26 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:26 – 18:56 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:56 – 20:26 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:26 – 21:56 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha21:56 – 23:26 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:26 – 00:57 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla00:57 – 02:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:27 – 03:57 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:57 – 05:27 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year4995 · Kali-4995
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1824270.27 · 4994.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2412735.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.3687° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)220.34° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (22.3687°) · declination -2.43° · EoT 10.52 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:1893-09-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)