पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · May 20, 1950 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: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.3 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
त्याज्यं दोषवदित्येके कर्म प्राहुर्मनीषिणः।

यज्ञदानतपःकर्म न त्याज्यमिति चापरे।।18.3।।
"18.3 Some philosophers say that all action is evil and should be abandoned. Others that acts of sacrifice, benevolence and austerity should not be given up." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2007 Śobhana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1872 Vikṛti
Bengali Saṁvat: 1357
Malayalam Era: 1126
Nanakshahi: 481
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya35.30°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
चन्द्र Candra68.44°MithunaĀrdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala151.03°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha27.98°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati313.05°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra353.32°MīnaRevatī P2
शनि Śani139.73°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:55 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:12 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:33 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:02 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:30 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 16 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 43 Mins 14 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:09 – 04:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:49 – 04:55
Abhijit Muhūrta11:07 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta13:46 – 14:39
Godhūli Muhūrta18:00 – 18:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:12 – 18:45
Amṛta Kāla17:57 – 19:42
Niśīta Muhūrta23:07 – 00:00

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:14 – 09:54
Yamaganda13:13 – 14:53
Gulika Kāla04:55 – 06:35
Varjyam05:28 – 05:49
Dur Muhūrta 08:01 – 08:27

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik 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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:55 – 06:35 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:35 – 08:14 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:14 – 09:54 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg09:54 – 11:33 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:33 – 13:13 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:13 – 14:53 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:53 – 16:32 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:32 – 18:12 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:12 – 19:32 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:32 – 20:53 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:53 – 22:13 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:13 – 23:33 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:33 – 00:54 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg00:54 – 02:14 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:14 – 03:35 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:35 – 04:55 (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 Year5052 · Kali-5052
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1844956.27 · 5051.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2433421.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.1599° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)36.00° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (23.1599°) · declination 19.82° · EoT 3.60 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:1950-05-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)