पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · April 8, 1921 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 13.18 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
ज्योतिषामपि तज्ज्योतिस्तमसः परमुच्यते।ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं ज्ञानगम्यं हृदि सर्वस्य विष्ठितम्।।13.18।।
"13.18 It is the Light of lights, beyond the reach of darkness; the Wisdom, the only thing that is worth knowing or that wisdom can teach; the Presence in the hearts of all." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1978 Bhāva
Śaka Saṁvat: 1843 Durmati
Bengali Saṁvat: 1328
Malayalam Era: 1097
Nanakshahi: 452
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Nāga
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya354.91°MīnaRevatī P3
चन्द्र Candra350.85°MīnaRevatī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala18.35°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
बुध Budha329.77°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati137.95°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra17.88°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
शनि Śani147.11°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:24 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:54 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:39 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:11 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:34 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 30 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 29 Mins 31 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:44 – 04:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:21 – 05:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:14 – 12:04
Vijaya Muhūrta13:44 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta17:42 – 18:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:54 – 18:26
Amṛta Kāla17:39 – 19:24
Niśīta Muhūrta23:14 – 00:04

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:05 – 11:39
Yamaganda14:47 – 16:21
Gulika Kāla06:58 – 08:32
Varjyam05:55 – 06:15
Dur Muhūrta 08:19 – 08:44

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:24 – 06:58 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:58 – 08:32 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:32 – 10:05 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:05 – 11:39 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:39 – 13:13 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:13 – 14:47 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:47 – 16:21 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:21 – 17:54 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:54 – 19:21 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:21 – 20:47 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:47 – 22:13 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:13 – 23:39 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:39 – 01:05 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:05 – 02:32 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:32 – 03:58 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:58 – 05:24 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Revatī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

🌌 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 Year5022 · Kali-5022
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1834322.27 · 5022.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2422787.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.7531° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)355.12° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 30/30)
🪷 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 (22.7531°) · declination 6.93° · EoT -2.19 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:1921-04-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)