पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · January 7, 1895 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: पौष पुत्रदा एकादशी — Pauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
Ekādaśī granting putra-prāpti.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.33 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
येषामर्थे काङ्क्षितं नो राज्यं भोगाः सुखानि च।

त इमेऽवस्थिता युद्धे प्राणांस्त्यक्त्वा धनानि च।।1.33।।
"1.33 When those for whose sake I desire these things stand here about to sacrifice their property and their lives:" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.33's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1952 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1817 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1302
Malayalam Era: 1071
Nanakshahi: 426
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya264.15°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra26.56°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala11.86°MeṣaAśvinī P4
बुध Budha263.76°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati67.57°MithunaĀrdrā P1
शुक्र Śukra274.58°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani194.54°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:19 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:08 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:43 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:20 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:26 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 48 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 11 Mins 09 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:52 – 05:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:25 – 06:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:22 – 12:05
Vijaya Muhūrta13:31 – 14:15
Godhūli Muhūrta16:56 – 17:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:08 – 17:35
Amṛta Kāla16:53 – 18:38
Niśīta Muhūrta23:22 – 00:05

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:40 – 09:01
Yamaganda10:22 – 11:43
Gulika Kāla13:04 – 14:25
Varjyam06:46 – 07:03
Dur Muhūrta 08:50 – 09:12

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:19 – 07:40 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:40 – 09:01 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:01 – 10:22 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:22 – 11:43 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:43 – 13:04 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:04 – 14:25 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:25 – 15:47 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:47 – 17:08 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:08 – 18:47 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:47 – 20:25 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:25 – 22:04 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:04 – 23:43 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:43 – 01:22 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:22 – 03:01 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:01 – 04:40 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:40 – 06:19 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Ekādaśī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

🌌 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 Year4996 · Kali-4996
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1824735.27 · 4996.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2413200.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.3865° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)124.83° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30)
🪷 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 (22.3865°) · declination -22.41° · EoT -6.29 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:1895-01-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)