पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · September 29, 1948 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: रमा एकादशी — Ramā Ekādaśī
Lakṣmī (Ramā) granted boon to King Mucukunda.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.28 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

कृपया परयाऽऽविष्टो विषीदन्निदमब्रवीत्।

दृष्ट्वेमं स्वजनं कृष्ण युयुत्सुं समुपस्थितम्।।1.28।।
"1.28 And his heart melted with pity and sadly he spoke: O my Lord! When I see all these, my own people, thirsting for battle," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.28's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2005 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1870 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1355
Malayalam Era: 1124
Nanakshahi: 479
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya162.67°KanyāHasta P1
चन्द्र Candra109.68°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala204.79°TulāViśākhā P2
बुध Budha189.21°TulāSvātī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati240.18°DhanuMūla P1
शुक्र Śukra119.23°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शनि Śani128.25°SiṃhaMaghā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:27 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:26 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:26 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:23 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:26 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 59 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 00 Mins 27 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:51 – 04:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:27 – 05:27
Abhijit Muhūrta11:02 – 11:50
Vijaya Muhūrta13:26 – 14:14
Godhūli Muhūrta17:14 – 17:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:26 – 17:56
Amṛta Kāla17:11 – 18:56
Niśīta Muhūrta23:02 – 23:50

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:26 – 12:56
Yamaganda06:57 – 08:27
Gulika Kāla09:56 – 11:26
Varjyam05:57 – 06:16
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:27 – 06:57 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:57 – 08:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:27 – 09:56 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha09:56 – 11:26 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:26 – 12:56 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:56 – 14:26 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:26 – 15:56 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:56 – 17:26 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:26 – 18:56 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:56 – 20:26 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:26 – 21:56 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:56 – 23:26 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:26 – 00:56 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha00:56 – 02:27 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:27 – 03:57 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:57 – 05:27 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5050 · Kali-5050
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1844358.27 · 5049.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2432823.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.1370° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)309.91° · 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 (23.1370°) · declination -2.31° · EoT 10.52 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:1948-09-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)