पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · November 18, 1919 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: सफला एकादशी — Saphalā Ekādaśī
Renders all undertakings fruitful (saphala).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.78 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यत्र योगेश्वरः कृष्णो यत्र पार्थो धनुर्धरः।

तत्र श्रीर्विजयो भूतिर्ध्रुवा नीतिर्मतिर्मम।।18.78।
"18.78 Wherever is the Lord Shri Krishna, the Prince of Wisdom, and wherever is Arjuna, the Great Archer, I am more than convinced that good fortune, victory, happiness and righteousness will follow"" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.78's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1976 Aṅgirasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1841 Siddhārthī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1326
Malayalam Era: 1095
Nanakshahi: 450
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya211.91°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
चन्द्र Candra161.70°KanyāHasta P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala151.40°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha235.01°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati115.31°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra166.44°KanyāHasta P2
शनि Śani138.20°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:52 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:54 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:23 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:02 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:01 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 02 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 57 Mins 56 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:23 – 05:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:57 – 05:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:01 – 11:45
Vijaya Muhūrta13:13 – 13:57
Godhūli Muhūrta16:42 – 17:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:54 – 17:21
Amṛta Kāla16:39 – 18:24
Niśīta Muhūrta23:01 – 23:45

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:08 – 15:31
Yamaganda08:37 – 10:00
Gulika Kāla11:23 – 12:45
Varjyam06:19 – 06:37
Dur Muhūrta 08:26 – 08:48

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:52 – 07:14 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:14 – 08:37 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:37 – 10:00 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:00 – 11:23 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:23 – 12:45 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla12:45 – 14:08 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:08 – 15:31 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:31 – 16:54 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:54 – 18:31 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:31 – 20:08 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:08 – 21:45 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg21:45 – 23:23 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:23 – 01:00 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:00 – 02:37 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:37 – 04:14 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:14 – 05:52 (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 Year5021 · Kali-5021
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1833815.27 · 5020.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2422280.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.7338° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)307.41° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (22.7338°) · declination -18.93° · EoT 14.21 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:1919-11-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)