पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · November 8, 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: उत्पन्ना एकादशी — Utpannā Ekādaśī
Birth-day of Ekādaśī Devī herself; first Ekādaśī observed historically.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.31 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
पवनः पवतामस्मि रामः शस्त्रभृतामहम्।

झषाणां मकरश्चास्मि स्रोतसामस्मि जाह्नवी।।10.31।।
"10.31 I am the Wind among purifiers, the King Rama among warriors; I am the Crocodile among the fishes, and I am the Ganges among rivers." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.31's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2004 Śārvarī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1869 Sarvajit
Bengali Saṁvat: 1354
Malayalam Era: 1123
Nanakshahi: 478
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya201.67°TulāViśākhā P1
चन्द्र Candra142.12°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala117.80°KarkaAśleṣā P4
बुध Budha197.73°TulāSvātī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati221.50°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शुक्र Śukra219.41°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शनि Śani119.20°KarkaAśleṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:45 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:57 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:21 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:11 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:35 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 11 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 48 Mins 15 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:16 – 05:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:49 – 05:45
Abhijit Muhūrta10:59 – 11:43
Vijaya Muhūrta13:13 – 13:58
Godhūli Muhūrta16:45 – 17:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:57 – 17:25
Amṛta Kāla16:42 – 18:27
Niśīta Muhūrta22:59 – 23:43

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:33 – 09:57
Yamaganda12:45 – 14:09
Gulika Kāla05:45 – 07:09
Varjyam06:13 – 06:31
Dur Muhūrta 08:22 – 08:44

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:45 – 07:09 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:09 – 08:33 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:33 – 09:57 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg09:57 – 11:21 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:21 – 12:45 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha12:45 – 14:09 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:09 – 15:33 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:33 – 16:57 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:57 – 18:33 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:33 – 20:09 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:09 – 21:45 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha21:45 – 23:21 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:21 – 00:57 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg00:57 – 02:33 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:33 – 04:09 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:09 – 05:45 (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)1844032.27 · 5048.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2432497.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.1245° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)300.36° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (23.1245°) · declination -16.27° · EoT 15.99 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:1947-11-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)