पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · July 16, 1936 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.8 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
मय्येव मन आधत्स्व मयि बुद्धिं निवेशय।निवसिष्यसि मय्येव अत ऊर्ध्वं न संशयः।।12.8।।
"12.8 Then let thy mind cling only to Me, let thy intellect abide in Me; and without doubt thou shalt live hereafter in Me alone." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1993 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1858 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1343
Malayalam Era: 1112
Nanakshahi: 467
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya90.34°KarkaPunarvasu P4
चन्द्र Candra57.62°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala81.34°MithunaPunarvasu P1
बुध Budha81.79°MithunaPunarvasu P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati233.48°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra95.84°KarkaPuṣya P1
शनि Śani329.94°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:01 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:24 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:43 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:48 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:15 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 23 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 36 Mins 57 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:14 – 04:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:54 – 05:01
Abhijit Muhūrta11:16 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:50
Godhūli Muhūrta18:12 – 18:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:24 – 18:58
Amṛta Kāla18:09 – 19:54
Niśīta Muhūrta23:16 – 00:09

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:23 – 15:03
Yamaganda05:01 – 06:41
Gulika Kāla08:22 – 10:02
Varjyam05:35 – 05:56
Dur Muhūrta 08:08 – 08:35

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:01 – 06:41 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:41 – 08:22 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:22 – 10:02 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:02 – 11:43 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:43 – 13:23 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:23 – 15:03 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:03 – 16:44 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:44 – 18:24 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:24 – 19:44 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:44 – 21:03 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:03 – 22:23 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:23 – 23:43 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:43 – 01:02 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:02 – 02:22 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:22 – 03:41 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:41 – 05:01 (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 Year5038 · Kali-5038
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1839900.27 · 5037.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2428365.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.9665° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)328.50° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (22.9665°) · declination 21.42° · EoT -5.68 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage: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:1936-07-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)