पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · May 28, 1942 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.27 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
यावत्सञ्जायते किञ्चित्सत्त्वं स्थावरजङ्गमम्।क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञसंयोगात्तद्विद्धि भरतर्षभ।।13.27।।
"13.27 Wherever life is seen in things movable or immovable, it is the joint product of Matter and Spirit." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.27's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1999 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1864 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1349
Malayalam Era: 1118
Nanakshahi: 473
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya43.04°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
चन्द्र Candra192.23°TulāSvātī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala87.23°MithunaPunarvasu P3
बुध Budha63.07°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati64.58°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
शुक्र Śukra2.11°MeṣaAśvinī P1
शनि Śani39.78°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:53 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:15 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:51 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:11 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 22 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 37 Mins 21 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:06 – 03:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:46 – 04:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:07 – 12:01
Vijaya Muhūrta13:48 – 14:41
Godhūli Muhūrta18:03 – 18:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:15 – 18:49
Amṛta Kāla18:00 – 19:45
Niśīta Muhūrta23:07 – 00:01

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:14 – 14:55
Yamaganda04:53 – 06:33
Gulika Kāla08:13 – 09:54
Varjyam05:26 – 05:48
Dur Muhūrta 08:00 – 08:27

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:53 – 06:33 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:33 – 08:13 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:13 – 09:54 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala09:54 – 11:34 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:34 – 13:14 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:14 – 14:55 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:55 – 16:35 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:35 – 18:15 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:15 – 19:35 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:35 – 20:55 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:55 – 22:14 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:14 – 23:34 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:34 – 00:54 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala00:54 – 02:13 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:13 – 03:33 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:33 – 04:53 (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 Year5044 · Kali-5044
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1842042.27 · 5043.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2430507.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.0484° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)150.34° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (23.0484°) · declination 21.32° · EoT 2.89 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:1942-05-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)