पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · September 30, 1902 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: मासिक शिवरात्रि — Māsika Śivarātri
Monthly Śiva observance.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.4 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

कथं भीष्ममहं संख्ये द्रोणं च मधुसूदन।

इषुभिः प्रतियोत्स्यामि पूजार्हावरिसूदन।।2.4।।
"2.4 Arjuna argued: My Lord! How can I, when the battle rages, send an arrow through Bheeshma and Drona, who should receive my reverence?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1959 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1824 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1309
Malayalam Era: 1078
Nanakshahi: 433
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya163.44°KanyāHasta P2
चन्द्र Candra142.92°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala114.65°KarkaAśleṣā P3
बुध Budha190.38°TulāSvātī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati286.33°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शुक्र Śukra149.62°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani270.01°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:26 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:26 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:26 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:52 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 59 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 00 Mins 38 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:51 – 04:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:26 – 05:26
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 Kāla14:26 – 15:56
Yamaganda08:26 – 09:56
Gulika Kāla11:26 – 12:56
Varjyam05:56 – 06:16
Dur Muhūrta 08:14 – 08:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:26 – 06:56 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:56 – 08:26 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:26 – 09:56 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha09:56 – 11:26 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:26 – 12:56 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla12:56 – 14:26 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:26 – 15:56 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:56 – 17:26 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:26 – 18:56 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:56 – 20:26 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:26 – 21:56 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg21:56 – 23:26 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:26 – 00:56 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha00:56 – 02:26 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:26 – 03:56 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:56 – 05:26 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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 Year5004 · Kali-5004
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1827557.27 · 5003.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2416022.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.4944° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)340.63° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (22.4944°) · declination -2.36° · EoT 10.84 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:1902-09-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)