पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · March 17, 1927 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: होलिका दहन — Holikā Dahana
Burning of Holikā; Prahlāda saved by Hari. Eve of Holi.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.2 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
अहिंसा सत्यमक्रोधस्त्यागः शान्तिरपैशुनम्।दया भूतेष्वलोलुप्त्वं मार्दवं ह्रीरचापलम्।।16.2।।
"16.2 harmlessness, truth, absence of wrath, renunciation, contentment, straightforwardness, compassion towards all, uncovetousness, courtesy, modesty, constancy," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1984 Vikrama
Śaka Saṁvat: 1849 Prabhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1334
Malayalam Era: 1103
Nanakshahi: 458
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya332.62°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
चन्द्र Candra137.41°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala50.58°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
बुध Budha327.09°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati322.30°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra0.96°MeṣaAśvinī P1
शनि Śani225.08°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:45 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:47 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:46 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:30 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:01 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 01 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 58 Mins 47 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:09 – 04:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:45 – 05:45
Abhijit Muhūrta11:22 – 12:10
Vijaya Muhūrta13:46 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta17:35 – 17:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:47 – 18:17
Amṛta Kāla17:32 – 19:17
Niśīta Muhūrta23:22 – 00:10

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:16 – 14:46
Yamaganda05:45 – 07:16
Gulika Kāla08:46 – 10:16
Varjyam06:15 – 06:35
Dur Muhūrta 08:34 – 08:58

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 Śubha05:45 – 07:16 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:16 – 08:46 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:46 – 10:16 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:16 – 11:46 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:46 – 13:16 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:16 – 14:46 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:46 – 16:16 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:16 – 17:47 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:47 – 19:16 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:16 – 20:46 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:46 – 22:16 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:16 – 23:46 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:46 – 01:16 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:16 – 02:46 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:46 – 04:16 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:16 – 05:45 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5028 · Kali-5028
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1836491.27 · 5028.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2424956.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.8361° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)164.82° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 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 (22.8361°) · declination -1.80° · EoT -9.06 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:1927-03-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)