पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · August 17, 1951 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: पितृ पक्ष आरम्भ — Pitṛ-Pakṣa Start
Begin 16-day śrāddha period for ancestors. Bhādrapada Pūrṇimā next-day.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.7 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
एतां विभूतिं योगं च मम यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः।

सोऽविकम्पेन योगेन युज्यते नात्र संशयः।।10.7।।
"10.7 He who rightly understands My manifested glory and My Creative Power, beyond doubt attains perfect peace." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2008 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1873 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1358
Malayalam Era: 1127
Nanakshahi: 482
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya120.16°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra298.98°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala96.63°KarkaPuṣya P1
बुध Budha142.77°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati351.40°MīnaRevatī P2
शुक्र Śukra145.56°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani157.43°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:14 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:08 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:41 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:57 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:15 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 54 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 05 Mins 48 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:30 – 04:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:09 – 05:14
Abhijit Muhūrta11:15 – 12:07
Vijaya Muhūrta13:50 – 14:41
Godhūli Muhūrta17:56 – 18:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:08 – 18:40
Amṛta Kāla17:53 – 19:38
Niśīta Muhūrta23:15 – 00:07

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:04 – 11:41
Yamaganda14:54 – 16:31
Gulika Kāla06:50 – 08:27
Varjyam05:46 – 06:07
Dur Muhūrta 08:14 – 08:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:14 – 06:50 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:50 – 08:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:27 – 10:04 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:04 – 11:41 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:41 – 13:17 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:17 – 14:54 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:54 – 16:31 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:31 – 18:08 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:08 – 19:31 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:31 – 20:54 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:54 – 22:17 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:17 – 23:41 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:41 – 01:04 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:04 – 02:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:27 – 03:50 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:50 – 05:14 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5053 · Kali-5053
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1845410.27 · 5052.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2433875.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.1772° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)180.15° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (23.1772°) · declination 13.74° · EoT -3.75 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:1951-08-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)