पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · March 21, 1947 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: मासिक शिवरात्रि — Māsika Śivarātri
Monthly Śiva observance.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.9 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
जन्म कर्म च मे दिव्यमेवं यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः।

त्यक्त्वा देहं पुनर्जन्म नैति मामेति सोऽर्जुन।।4.9।।
"4.9 He who realises the divine truth concerning My birth and life is not born again; and when he leaves his body, he becomes one with Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2004 Śārvarī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1869 Sarvajit
Bengali Saṁvat: 1354
Malayalam Era: 1123
Nanakshahi: 478
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya336.47°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra316.51°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala320.51°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha316.98°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati215.75°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
शुक्र Śukra296.00°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani99.31°KarkaPuṣya P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:41 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:48 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:45 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:36 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:14 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 06 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 53 Mins 20 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:05 – 04:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:41 – 05:41
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta13:46 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta17:36 – 18:00
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:48 – 18:18
Amṛta Kāla17:33 – 19:18
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 00:09

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:14 – 11:45
Yamaganda14:46 – 16:17
Gulika Kāla07:12 – 08:43
Varjyam06:12 – 06:31
Dur Muhūrta 08:31 – 08:55

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
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):
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 · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:41 – 07:12 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:12 – 08:43 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:43 – 10:14 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:14 – 11:45 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:45 – 13:16 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:16 – 14:46 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:46 – 16:17 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:17 – 17:48 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:48 – 19:17 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:17 – 20:46 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:46 – 22:16 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:16 – 23:45 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:45 – 01:14 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:14 – 02:43 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:43 – 04:12 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:12 – 05:41 (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 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 Year5048 · Kali-5048
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1843800.27 · 5048.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2432265.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.1156° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)338.99° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (23.1156°) · declination -0.16° · EoT -7.84 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:1947-03-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)