पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · December 1, 1948 CE

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🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.44 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयापहृतचेतसाम्।

व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः समाधौ न विधीयते।।2.44।।
"2.44 While their minds are absorbed with ideas of power and personal enjoyment, they cannot concentrate their discrimination on one point." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.44's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2005 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1870 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1355
Malayalam Era: 1124
Nanakshahi: 479
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya225.63°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
चन्द्र Candra228.91°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala250.75°DhanuMūla P4
बुध Budha219.72°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati251.53°DhanuMūla P4
शुक्र Śukra193.73°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani133.12°SiṃhaMaghā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:01 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:52 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:27 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:04 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 51 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 08 Mins 38 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:34 – 05:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:07 – 06:01
Abhijit Muhūrta11:05 – 11:49
Vijaya Muhūrta13:15 – 13:59
Godhūli Muhūrta16:40 – 17:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:52 – 17:20
Amṛta Kāla16:37 – 18:22
Niśīta Muhūrta23:05 – 23:49

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:27 – 12:48
Yamaganda07:23 – 08:44
Gulika Kāla10:05 – 11:27
Varjyam06:28 – 06:46
Dur Muhūrta 08:33 – 08:55

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
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 · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:01 – 07:23 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:23 – 08:44 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:44 – 10:05 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:05 – 11:27 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:27 – 12:48 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:48 – 14:10 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:10 – 15:31 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:31 – 16:52 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:52 – 18:31 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:31 – 20:10 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:10 – 21:48 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:48 – 23:27 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:27 – 01:05 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:05 – 02:44 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:44 – 04:23 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:23 – 06:01 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pratipada + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

🌌 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)1844421.27 · 5049.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2432886.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.1394° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)5.23° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (23.1394°) · declination -21.76° · EoT 10.13 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:1948-12-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)