पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · August 9, 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.2 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अधियज्ञः कथं कोऽत्र देहेऽस्मिन्मधुसूदन।

प्रयाणकाले च कथं ज्ञेयोऽसि नियतात्मभिः।।8.2।।
"8.2 Who is it who rules the spirit sacrifice in many; and at the time of death how may those who have learned self-control come to the knowledge of Thee?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2004 Śārvarī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1869 Sarvajit
Bengali Saṁvat: 1354
Malayalam Era: 1123
Nanakshahi: 478
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya112.50°KarkaAśleṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra12.56°MeṣaAśvinī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala64.41°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
बुध Budha95.09°KarkaPuṣya P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati206.85°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra106.25°KarkaPuṣya P4
शनि Śani109.99°KarkaAśleṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:11 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:14 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:42 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:37 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:28 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 02 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 57 Mins 03 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:26 – 04:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:05 – 05:11
Abhijit Muhūrta11:16 – 12:08
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:45
Godhūli Muhūrta18:02 – 18:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:14 – 18:46
Amṛta Kāla17:59 – 19:44
Niśīta Muhūrta23:16 – 00:08

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:26 – 10:04
Yamaganda13:20 – 14:58
Gulika Kāla05:11 – 06:49
Varjyam05:43 – 06:04
Dur Muhūrta 08:13 – 08:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:11 – 06:49 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:49 – 08:26 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:26 – 10:04 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:04 – 11:42 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:42 – 13:20 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:20 – 14:58 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:58 – 16:36 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:36 – 18:14 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:14 – 19:36 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:36 – 20:58 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:58 – 22:20 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:20 – 23:42 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:42 – 01:04 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:04 – 02:26 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:26 – 03:49 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:49 – 05:11 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5049 · Kali-5049
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1843941.27 · 5048.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2432406.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.1210° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)263.46° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 22/30)
🪷 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 (23.1210°) · declination 16.15° · EoT -5.21 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:1947-08-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)