पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · August 14, 1962 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.26 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्रोत्रादीनीन्द्रियाण्यन्ये संयमाग्निषु जुह्वति।

शब्दादीन्विषयानन्य इन्द्रियाग्निषु जुह्वति।।4.26।।
"4.26 Some sacrifice their physical senses in the fire of self-control; others offer up their contact with external objects in the sacrificial fire of their senses." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2019 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1884 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1369
Malayalam Era: 1138
Nanakshahi: 493
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya117.45°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra272.97°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala61.74°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
बुध Budha132.91°SiṃhaMaghā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati317.26°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra162.93°KanyāHasta P1
शनि Śani284.46°MakaraŚravaṇa P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:13 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:10 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:41 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:37 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:30 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 57 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 02 Mins 50 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:29 – 04:21
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:08 – 05:13
Abhijit Muhūrta11:15 – 12:07
Vijaya Muhūrta13:51 – 14:43
Godhūli Muhūrta17:58 – 18:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:10 – 18:42
Amṛta Kāla17:55 – 19:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:15 – 00:07

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:56 – 16:33
Yamaganda08:27 – 10:04
Gulika Kāla11:41 – 13:18
Varjyam05:45 – 06:06
Dur Muhūrta 08:14 – 08:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
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 · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:13 – 06:50 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:50 – 08:27 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:27 – 10:04 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:04 – 11:41 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:41 – 13:18 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:18 – 14:56 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:56 – 16:33 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:33 – 18:10 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:10 – 19:33 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:33 – 20:56 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:56 – 22:18 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:18 – 23:41 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:41 – 01:04 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:04 – 02:27 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:27 – 03:50 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:50 – 05:13 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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 Year5064 · Kali-5064
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1849425.27 · 5063.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2437890.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.3308° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)155.64° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (23.3308°) · declination 14.56° · EoT -4.37 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:1962-08-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)