पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · October 28, 1951 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: धनतेरस / धन्वन्तरि जयन्ती — Dhanteras (Dhanvantari Jayantī)
Birth of Dhanvantari from samudra-mathana with amṛta-kalaśa. Day 1 of Diwali.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.37 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
कस्माच्च ते न नमेरन्महात्मन्

गरीयसे ब्रह्मणोऽप्यादिकर्त्रे।

अनन्त देवेश जगन्निवास

त्वमक्षरं सदसत्तत्परं यत्।।11.37।।
"11.37 How should they do otherwise? O Thou Supremest Self, greater than the Powers of creation, the First Cause, Infinite, the Lord of Lords, the Home of the universe, Imperishable, Being and Not-Being, yet transcending both." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2008 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1873 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1358
Malayalam Era: 1127
Nanakshahi: 482
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya190.63°TulāSvātī P2
चन्द्र Candra158.36°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala141.52°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha200.42°TulāViśākhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati343.51°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra145.89°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani166.00°KanyāHasta P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:39 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:03 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:21 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:10 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:13 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 24 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 35 Mins 55 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:07 – 04:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:41 – 05:39
Abhijit Muhūrta10:58 – 11:43
Vijaya Muhūrta13:15 – 14:00
Godhūli Muhūrta16:51 – 17:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:03 – 17:31
Amṛta Kāla16:48 – 18:33
Niśīta Muhūrta22:58 – 23:43

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:37 – 17:03
Yamaganda11:21 – 12:46
Gulika Kāla14:12 – 15:37
Varjyam06:07 – 06:25
Dur Muhūrta 08:18 – 08:41

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:39 – 07:04 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:04 – 08:30 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:30 – 09:55 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta09:55 – 11:21 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:21 – 12:46 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:46 – 14:12 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:12 – 15:37 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:37 – 17:03 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:03 – 18:37 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:37 – 20:12 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:12 – 21:46 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:46 – 23:21 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:21 – 00:55 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta00:55 – 02:30 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:30 – 04:04 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:04 – 05:39 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 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)1845482.27 · 5052.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2433947.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.1800° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)327.57° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (23.1800°) · declination -12.79° · EoT 16.40 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:1951-10-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)