पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · April 16, 1942 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 12.5 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम्।
अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते।।12.5।।
अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते।।12.5।।
"12.5 But they who thus fix their attention on the Absolute and Impersonal encounter greater hardships, for it is difficult for those who possess a body to realise Me as without one." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1999 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1864 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1349
Malayalam Era: 1118
Nanakshahi: 473
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Śukla Pratipada (1/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Aśvinī Pada 3 |
| योग (Yoga) | Viṣkambha |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Bava |
| वार (Vāra) | Guruvāra (Thursday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 2.38° | Meṣa | Aśvinī P1 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 7.28° | Meṣa | Aśvinī P3 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 61.57° | Mithuna | Mr̥gaśirā P3 |
| बुध Budha | 358.19° | Mīna | Revatī P4 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 56.02° | Vṛṣabha | Mr̥gaśirā P1 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 316.88° | Kumbha | Śatabhiṣā P4 |
| शनि Śani | 34.50° | Vṛṣabha | Kṛttikā P3 |
☀️ Howrah, West Bengal — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 05:17 IST |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 17:57 IST |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 11:37 IST |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 05:34 IST |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 18:19 IST |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 12 Hours 40 Mins 26 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 11 Hours 19 Mins 34 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 03:35 – 04:26 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 04:13 – 05:17 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:12 – 12:02 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 13:44 – 14:34 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 17:45 – 18:09 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 17:57 – 18:29 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 17:42 – 19:27 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:12 – 00:02 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 13:12 – 14:47 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 05:17 – 06:52 |
| Gulika Kāla | 08:27 – 10:02 |
| Varjyam | 05:48 – 06:09 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 08:14 – 08:39 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala
Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Śubha | 05:17 – 06:52 (auspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Roga | 06:52 – 08:27 (inauspicious) |
| Day-3 Udveg | 08:27 – 10:02 (inauspicious) |
| Day-4 Chala | 10:02 – 11:37 (neutral) |
| Day-5 Labha | 11:37 – 13:12 (auspicious) |
| Day-6 Amṛta | 13:12 – 14:47 (auspicious) |
| Day-7 Kāla | 14:47 – 16:22 (inauspicious) |
| Day-8 Śubha | 16:22 – 17:57 (auspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Amṛta | 17:57 – 19:22 (auspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Kāla | 19:22 – 20:47 (inauspicious) |
| Night-3 Śubha | 20:47 – 22:12 (auspicious) |
| Night-4 Roga | 22:12 – 23:37 (inauspicious) |
| Night-5 Udveg | 23:37 – 01:02 (inauspicious) |
| Night-6 Chala | 01:02 – 02:27 (neutral) |
| Night-7 Labha | 02:27 – 03:52 (auspicious) |
| Night-8 Amṛta | 03:52 – 05:17 (auspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 22.5958°
Longitude: 88.2636°
Timezone: UTC+5.5
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Śukla Pratipada + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18 — Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)
🌌 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 Year | 5044 · Kali-5044 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1842000.27 · 5043.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2430465.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 23.0468° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 6.94° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30) |
🪷 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 (23.0468°) · declination 9.83° · EoT 0.02 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:1942-04-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)